Extenuate(a.) Thin; slender.
Extenuate(v. i.) To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations.
Extenuate(v. t.) To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.
Extenuate(v. t.) 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.
Extenuate(v. t.) To lower or degrade; to detract from.
Extenuated(imp. & p. p.) of Extenuate
Extenuating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extenuate
Extenuation(n.) The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment.
Extenuator(n.) One who extenuates.
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