| extenuate | (vt) ลดน้อยลง (ความผิด, ข้อผิดพลาด), See also: บรรเทาเบาบาง, Syn. diminish, lessen, reduce |
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| extenuate | (v) lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of, Syn. palliate, mitigate, Example: The circumstances extenuate the crime |
| Extenuate | v. t. His body behind the head becomes broad, from whence it is again extenuated all the way to the tail. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ] But fortune there extenuates the crime. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] Let us extenuate, conceal, adorn the unpleasing reality. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ] Who can extenuate thee? Milton. |
| Extenuate | v. i. To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Extenuate | a. [ L. extenuatus, p. p. ] Thin; slender. [ Obs. ] Huloet. [ 1913 Webster ] |