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Meaning of 'extenuate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Extenuate [ a.]
- Thin; slender.
2 . Extenuate [ v. i.]
- To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations.
3 . Extenuate [ v. t.]
- To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.
- 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.
- To lower or degrade; to detract from.

Meaning of 'extenuate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . extenuate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
Example in sentence:
  • The circumstances extenuate the crime

Nearby Words:

extacy extance extancy extant extasy extatic extemporal extemporanean extemporaneous extemporarily

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