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[ ik-sten-yoo-ey-ting ] / ɪkˈstɛn yuˌeɪ tɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR extenuating ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveserving to make a fault, offense, etc., appear less serious: The judge gave him a comparatively mild sentence due to extenuating circumstances. Origin of extenuatingextenuate + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM extenuatingex·ten·u·at·ing·ly, adverbnon·ex·ten·u·at·ing, adjectivenon·ex·ten·u·at·ing·ly, adverbun·ex·ten·u·at·ing, adjective un·ex·ten·u·at·ing·ly, adverb Words nearby extenuatingextensor muscle of little finger, extensor pollicis brevis, extensor retinaculum, extent, extenuate, extenuating, extenuating circumstance, extenuating circumstances, extenuation, extenuatory, exterior Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for extenuatingThose milk-sops on the jury are just capable of according him extenuating circumstances. The Widow Lerouge|Emile Gaboriau I hope the recording angel will take into account the extenuating circumstances of that lie. "Over There" with the Australians|R. Hugh Knyvett If there be extenuating circumstances favorable to the warrior Cacami, your king prays the court to employ them to his advantage. A Prince of Anahuac|James A. Porter This was she in whose behalf he had weakly lowered himself to plead to his own cast-off slave for extenuating evidences! The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864|Various
Words related to extenuatingcondoning, softening, lessening, reducing, whitewashing, qualifying, justifying, diminishing, moderating, palliating, varnishing, mitigating, sanitizing |