extenuatingn.

Etymology: formed as extenuate v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: exˈtenuating.

The action of extenuate v. (For quot. 1671 cf. sense extenuate v. 6.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] > underestimation or undervaluing

misprizing1485

disprizing1500

underweening1574

misprize1590

misprision1592

underrating1599

extenuation1607

under-opinion1629

undervaluing1656

extenuating1671

underratement1708

inappreciation1864

minifying1867

lowballing1957

1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 397 A too sollicitous extenuating thy provision is all one as if thou should boast of it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

extenuatingadj.

Etymology: formed as extenuate v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: exˈtenuating.

That extenuates in senses of the verb. Now chiefly in phrase extenuating circumstances: circumstances that tend to diminish culpability.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] > thin > making

extenuative1583

extenuating1607

emaciating1626

emaciant1638

emacerating1681

extenuant1756

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [adjective] > extenuating

mincing1581

mitigating1583

extenuating1607

favourable1693

palliating1710

palliative1748

extenuatory1807

extenuative1827

palliatory1845

mitigatory1868

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 679 A thin extenuating diet.

1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (i. 2) i. 13 These words..are extenuating words.

1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick ii. i. 63 Let him use things extenuating, as Hysop, Fennel..and especially Nutmeg.

1679 J. Goodman Penitent Pardoned (1713) ii. ii. 198 It was not an extenuating but a just reflection which the Historian makes upon..Alexander.

1694 R. Burthogge Ess. Reason 139 Its Emanation..is from a Center into an Orb or Sphere, in Extenuating Lines.

1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 98 Galen holds that it is warming and extenuating.

1840 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive 55 In Clive's case, there were many extenuating circumstances.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 494 [Those] who have taken the life of another under the like extenuating circumstances.

Derivatives

exˈtenuatingly adv. in an extenuating manner.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [adverb] > extenuatingly

mincingly1736

extenuatingly1884

1884 Mrs. Houstoun Caught in Snare II. xv. 171 ‘Perhaps,’ said Helen, extenuatingly, ‘she suffers.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	extenuating
释义	extenuatingn. Etymology: formed as extenuate v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: exˈtenuating. The action of extenuate v. (For quot. 1671 cf. sense extenuate v. 6.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] > underestimation or undervaluing misprizing1485 disprizing1500 underweening1574 misprize1590 misprision1592 underrating1599 extenuation1607 under-opinion1629 undervaluing1656 extenuating1671 underratement1708 inappreciation1864 minifying1867 lowballing1957 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 397 A too sollicitous extenuating thy provision is all one as if thou should boast of it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2020). extenuatingadj. Etymology: formed as extenuate v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: exˈtenuating. That extenuates in senses of the verb. Now chiefly in phrase extenuating circumstances: circumstances that tend to diminish culpability. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] > thin > making extenuative1583 extenuating1607 emaciating1626 emaciant1638 emacerating1681 extenuant1756 society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [adjective] > extenuating mincing1581 mitigating1583 extenuating1607 favourable1693 palliating1710 palliative1748 extenuatory1807 extenuative1827 palliatory1845 mitigatory1868 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 679 A thin extenuating diet. 1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (i. 2) i. 13 These words..are extenuating words. 1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick ii. i. 63 Let him use things extenuating, as Hysop, Fennel..and especially Nutmeg. 1679 J. Goodman Penitent Pardoned (1713) ii. ii. 198 It was not an extenuating but a just reflection which the Historian makes upon..Alexander. 1694 R. Burthogge Ess. Reason 139 Its Emanation..is from a Center into an Orb or Sphere, in Extenuating Lines. 1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 98 Galen holds that it is warming and extenuating. 1840 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive 55 In Clive's case, there were many extenuating circumstances. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 494 [Those] who have taken the life of another under the like extenuating circumstances. Derivatives exˈtenuatingly adv. in an extenuating manner. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [adverb] > extenuatingly mincingly1736 extenuatingly1884 1884 Mrs. Houstoun Caught in Snare II. xv. 171 ‘Perhaps,’ said Helen, extenuatingly, ‘she suffers.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1671adj.1607
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