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Webster 1913 Edition

Mitigant

Mit′i-gant

,
Adj.
[L.
mitigans
, p. pr. of
mitigare
. See
Mitigate
.]
Tending to mitigate; mitigating; lenitive.
Johnson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mitigant

MIT'IGANT

,
Adj.
[L. mitigans, mitigo, from mitis, mild.]
1.
Softening; lenient; lenitive.
2.
Diminishing; easing; as pain.

Definition 2024

mitigant

mitigant

English

Adjective

mitigant ‎(comparative more mitigant, superlative most mitigant)

  1. Tending to mitigate.
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Noun

mitigant ‎(plural mitigants)

  1. Something that mitigates; a lenitive.

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Catalan

Verb

mitigant

  1. present participle of mitigar

Latin

Verb

mītigant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of mītigō

Etymology

From Latin mitigans, p.pr. of mitigare. See mitigate.

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