EXTENUATING

Meaning of EXTENUATING in English

adj. reducing the seriousness of (an action or guilt); partially excusing or offering of excuses or reasons to lessen the seriousness of an action

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EXTENUATING — adjective : that extenuates an extenuating circumstance • ex·ten·u·at·ing·ly adverb
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EXTENUATING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extenuate
Английский словарь Webster
EXTENUATING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Extenuate
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EXTENUATING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of extenuate.
Webster English vocab
EXTENUATING — adjective lessen the seriousness of (guilt or an offence) by reference to a mitigating factor. → extenuate
Concise Oxford English vocab
EXTENUATING — / ɪkˈstenjueɪtɪŋ; NAmE / adjective [ only before noun ] ( formal ) showing reasons why a wrong or illegal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EXTENUATING — ex ‧ ten ‧ u ‧ at ‧ ing /ɪkˈstenjuˌeɪtɪŋ/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EXTENUATING — If you say that there are extenuating circumstances for a bad situation or wrong action, you mean that there are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EXTENUATING — If you say that there are ~ circumstances for a bad situation or wrong action, you mean that there are …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
EXTENUATING — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES extenuating/mitigating circumstances (= conditions that make it reasonable for someone to break the rules or …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EXTENUATING — [adjective] [before noun] [slightly formal]She was found guilty of theft, but because of extenuating circumstances was not sent to prison. …
Cambridge English vocab
EXTENUATING — Synonyms and related words : altering, apologetic, assuasive, bounding, diminishing, excusatory, excusing, extenuative, extenuatory, justificatory, justifying, lenitive, lessening, limitative, limiting, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EXTENUATING — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
EXTENUATING — adj. Extenuating is used with these nouns: ↑ circumstance
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EXTENUATING — adj. 25B6; adjective MITIGATING, excusing, exonerative, palliating, palliative, justifying, justificatory, vindicating; formal exculpatory.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EXTENUATING — adj. mitigating, lessening, tempering, palliating, moderating, diminishing, qualifying Owing to extenuating circumstances, he could not be tried for murder
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
EXTENUATING — смягчающий, уменьшающий - * circumstances (юридическое) смягчающие вину обстоятельства extenuating смягчающий
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EXTENUATING — Ослабления
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
EXTENUATING — Ослабление
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
EXTENUATING — extenuating.ogg ıkʹstenjʋeıtıŋ a смягчающий, уменьшающий extenuating circumstances - юр. смягчающие вину обстоятельства
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EXTENUATING — (r) уменьшающий
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
EXTENUATING — (a) смягчающий
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
EXTENUATING — a смягчающий, уменьшающий ~ circumstances - юр. смягчающие вину обстоятельства
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
EXTENUATING — a смягчающий, уменьшающий extenuating circumstances - юр. смягчающие вину обстоятельства
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
EXTENUATING — смягчающий
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
EXTENUATING — смягчающий, уменьшающий - * circumstances (юридическое) смягчающие вину обстоятельства extenuating смягчающий
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE — circumstance that diminishes the culpability of one who has committed a criminal offense and so can be considered to mitigate …
Britannica English vocabulary
ATTENUANTE — 1. ppr of attenuar ; 2. adj extenuating; circumstantias attenuante extenuating circumstances
Interlingua English vocab
FACTOR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CIRCUMSTANCE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a victim of circumstance (= someone who suffers because of something they cannot control ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

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