extenuates

verb

Meaning

To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.
To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.
To become thinner.
To lower or degrade; to detract from.

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Related words

mitigate(English)palliate(English)extenuation(English)extensile(English)extensiveness(English)extensional(English)extensity(English)extensors(English)

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Sources

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