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Extenuate
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What's The Definition Of Extenuate?
[v] lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Extenuate: mitigate | palliate Related Terms | Find terms related to Extenuate: abate | allay | alleviate | allow for | apologize | assuage | attemper | attenuate | bank the fire | bate | blunt | chasten | color | constrain | control | cramp | cripple | damp | dampen | deaden | debilitate | de-emphasize | devitalize | dilute | diminish | downplay | dull | ease | enervate | enfeeble | eviscerate | exhaust | explain | gloss over | gruel | ignore | justify | keep within bounds | lay | lay low | lenify | lessen | lighten | make allowance for | mince | mitigate | moderate | modulate | obtund | palliate | play down | qualify | rationalize | rattle | reduce | reduce the temperature | remit | restrain | sap | shake | shake up | slacken | slow down | slur over | smother | sober | sober down | soften | soften up | soft-pedal | stifle | subdue | sugarcoat | suppress | tame | temper | tone down | tune down | unbrace | undermine | underplay | unman | unnerve | unstrengthen | unstring | varnish | veneer | water down | weaken | white | whiten | whitewash See Also | apologise | apologize | excuse | justify | rationalise | rationalize Extenuate In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*ten"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extenuated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Extenuating}.] [L. extenuatus, p. p. of
extenuare to make thin, loosen, weaken; ex out + tenuare to
make thin, tenuis thin. See {Tenuity}.]
1. To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the
thickness.
His body behind the head becomes broad, from whence
it is again extenuated all the way to the tail.
--Grew.
2. To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of;
to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults,
ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate.
But fortune there extenuates the crime. --Dryden.
Let us extenuate, conceal, adorn the unpleasing
reality. --I. Taylor.
3. To lower or degrade; to detract from. [Obs.]
Who can extenuate thee? --Milton.
Syn: To palliate; to mitigate. See {Palliate}.
\Ex*ten"u*ate\, v. i. To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations. --Burke. \Ex*ten"u*ate\, a. [L. extenuatus, p. p.] Thin; slender. [Obs.] --Huloet. |
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