EXTENUATE
\ɛkstˈɛnjuːˌe͡ɪt], \ɛkstˈɛnjuːˌeɪt], \ɛ_k_s_t_ˈɛ_n_j_uː_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of EXTENUATE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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To lower or degrade; to detract from.
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To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations.
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Thin; slender.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To lower or degrade; to detract from.
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To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations.
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Thin; slender.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald