extenuate
31extenuation — extenuate ► VERB 1) (usu. as adj. extenuating) lessen the seriousness of (an offence) by referring to a factor that helps excuse it. 2) (extenuated) literary thin. DERIVATIVES extenuation noun extenuatory adjective. ORIGIN …
32extenuatory — extenuate ► VERB 1) (usu. as adj. extenuating) lessen the seriousness of (an offence) by referring to a factor that helps excuse it. 2) (extenuated) literary thin. DERIVATIVES extenuation noun extenuatory adjective. ORIGIN …
33palliate — palliate, extenuate, gloze, gloss, whitewash, whiten are comparable when they mean to give a speciously fine appearance to what is base, evil, or erroneous. Palliate may stress the concealing or cloaking or the condoning of the enormity of a… …
34Palliate — Pal li*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Palliated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Palliating}.] 1. To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Being palliated with a pilgrim s coat. Sir T. Herbert. [1913 Webster] 2. To cover with… …
35Palliated — Palliate Pal li*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Palliated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Palliating}.] 1. To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Being palliated with a pilgrim s coat. Sir T. Herbert. [1913 Webster] 2. To cover …
36Palliating — Palliate Pal li*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Palliated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Palliating}.] 1. To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Being palliated with a pilgrim s coat. Sir T. Herbert. [1913 Webster] 2. To cover …
37excuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. pardon, remit, overlook, condone, forgive, extenuate, justify; exonerate, absolve, acquit, exempt, free, apologize. See vindication, exemption, forgiveness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An explanation]… …
38palliate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. extenuate, excuse; mitigate, soften; relieve, ameliorate. See vindication, moderation, relief. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. apologize for, make light of, screen, hide, conceal, cover, veil, gloss over,… …
39thin — vb Thin, attenuate, extenuate, dilute, rarefy. Thin is the most inclusive of these terms and is interchangeable with any of the others, though not without some loss of precision or of specific connotations. Basically it implies reduction in… …
40extenuatory — /ik sten yooh euh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. tending to extenuate; characterized by extenuation; extenuating. [1800 10; < LL extenuatorius. See EXTENUATE, TORY1] * * * …
