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Webster 1828 Edition

Extenuating

EXTEN'UATING

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ppr.

Making thin or slender; lessening; diminishing; palliating; making rare.

Definition 2024

extenuating

extenuating

English

Verb

extenuating

present participle of extenuate

Adjective

extenuating ‎(comparative more extenuating, superlative most extenuating)

That lessens the seriousness of something by providing an excuse.

Derived terms

extenuating circumstance