extenuate
21extenuate — verb (T) formal to make an action, especially a crime, seem less bad or harmful by suggesting reasons for it: extenuating circumstances (=facts which explain bad or criminal behaviour) extenuation /Ik stenju eISFn/ noun (U) …
22extenuate — v 1. make less serious, play down, downplay, gloze, smooth over; gloss over, whitewash, cover up, varnish; paint a better picture of, palliate, mitigate, soften; temper, moderate, tone down; attenuate, weaken, lessen, diminish; reduce, decrease,… …
23extenuate — ex•ten•u•ate [[t]ɪkˈstɛn yuˌeɪt[/t]] v. t. at•ed, at•ing 1) to make or try to make seem less serious esp. by offering excuses: extenuating circumstances[/ex] 2) archaic a) to make light of b) to make thin, lean, or emaciated c) to reduce the… …
24extenuate — v.t. reduce; weaken; excuse. ♦ extenuation, ♦ extenuator, n. ♦ extenuative, ♦ extenuatory, a …
25extenuate — /akstenyuweyt/ To lessen; to palliate; to mitigate …
26extenuate — /akstenyuweyt/ To lessen; to palliate; to mitigate …
27extenuate — To lessen; to weaken; to palliate; to excuse to some extent …
28extenuate — v.tr. (often as extenuating adj.) lessen the seeming seriousness of (guilt or an offence) by reference to some mitigating factor. Derivatives: extenuatingly adv. extenuation n. extenuatory adj. Etymology: L extenuare extenuat (as EX (1), tenuis… …
29Extenuated — Extenuate 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… …
30Extenuating — Extenuate 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… …
