EXTENUATE


Meaning of EXTENUATE in English

v.tr. (often as extenuating adj.) lessen the seeming seriousness of (guilt or an offence) by reference to some mitigating factor. extenuatingly adv. extenuation n. extenuatory adj.

[ L extenuare extenuat- (as EX-(1), tenuis thin) ]

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