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Synonyms for extenuate in English

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extenuate:
- extenuate; excuse; palliate; smooth over; mitigate

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Detailed Synonyms for extenuate in English

extenuate:

extenuate verb

extenuate
extenuate; to excuse; to palliate; to smooth over
- extenuate verb
- excuse verb (excuses, excused, excusing)
- palliate verb (palliates, palliated, palliating)
- smooth over verb (smooths over, smoothed over, smoothing over)
extenuate

– lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of ¹
extenuate; to palliate; mitigate
– lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of ¹
- extenuate verb
  - The circumstances extenuate the crime¹
- palliate verb (palliates, palliated, palliating)
- mitigate verb

Related Words for "extenuate":

extenuating, extenuation

Alternate Synonyms for "extenuate":

palliate; mitigate; apologize; apologise; excuse; justify; rationalize; rationalise

Related Definitions for "extenuate":

lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of¹
- The circumstances extenuate the crime¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University