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extenuate
verb
(ex-ten-u-ate)
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
Synonyms:
mitigate
,
palliate
,
Examples:
The circumstances extenuate the crime.
Words Related to
extenuate
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palliate
,
mitigate
,
attenuate
,
dissimulate
,
sentimentalise
,
derange
,
eroticize
,
prevaricates
,
aggrandise
,
efface
,
inculpate
,
deprecates
,
expiating
,
eternalize
,
particularize
,
expostulate
,
abjuring
,
coarsen
,
dissembles
,
sentimentalize
,
elide
,
countermands
,
adumbrate
,
lisps
,
temporize
,
spites
,
obfuscate
,
philosophise
,
ramify
,
aggressing
,
addles
,
declaims
,
adduces
,
glamourise
,
mythologise
,
romanticise
,
hallowing
,
prettify
,
euphemize
,
relativize
,
inhere
,
betoken
,
anthropomorphise
,
evildoing
,
soever
,
balkanise
,
ravishes
,
sermonise
,
unperceived
,
unavenged
,
bastardise
,
expatiate
,
spiritualize
,
desolating
,
brutalise
,
contrive
,
moralize
,
universalize
,
mortifies
,
lionise
,
belittle
,
misconceive
,
militarise
,
anent
,
cavil
,
protract
,
perjure
,
dehumanise
,
enunciate
,
reprove
,
brazened
,
revenges
,
cognize
,
nauseate
,
betray
,
cloy
,
distend
,
affronting
,
peradventure
,
inveigle
,
equivocate
,
shant
,
rends
,
counterpose
,
verbalise
,
ennoble
,
unheeding
,
scarify
,
vivify
,
fictionalise
,
overemphasise
,
gainsaid
,
partis
,
malign
,
hyperbolized
,
confect
,
blackens
,
confabulate
,
impute
,
intuits
,
extenuate
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