extenuate /iks-tenˈū-āt/

1. To lessen
2. To weaken the force of
3. To palliate
4. To underrate
5. To make thin

extenˈūāting noun and adjective

Palliating

extenˈūātingly adverb

extenūāˈtion noun

1. The act of representing anything as less wrong or criminal than it seems
2. Palliation
3. Mitigation

extenˈūātive or extenˈūatory adjective

1. Tending to extenuate
2. Palliative

extenˈūātor noun

• cruise missiles
• cruiser
• cruisers
• cruiserweight
• cruiserweights
• cruises
• cruiseway
• cruiseways
• cruisewear
• cruisewears
• cruisie
• cruisies
• cruising
• cruive
• cruives
• cruller
• crullers
• crumb
• crumb-brush
• crumb-brushes
• crumbcloth
• crumbcloths
• crumbed
• crumbier
• crumbiest