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Reducing agent | reductant | reducer. the element or compound in an oxidation-reduction reaction that donates an electron to another species. Because the reducing agent is losing electrons, we say it has been oxidized.
Reduction is the gain of one or more electrons by an atom. When the oxidation number of an element decreases, that means there is a gain of electrons and that element is being reduced.