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Extenuate

From Latin 'ex-' (out) + 'tenuare' (to make thin).

Extenuate /ɪkˈstɛnjueɪt/
📖 Verb 🔥 advanced
Definitions
📝 Make (guilt or an offense) seem less serious or more forgivable.
🇮🇳 दोष कम करना
💡 Simple: To provide excuses that make a crime seem not so bad.
There were extenuating circumstances that explain why he stole the bread.
🔄 Word Forms
extenuating (adjective) extenuation (noun)
✅ Synonyms
mitigate excuse justify downplay
❌ Antonyms
aggravate worsen
🔗 Collocations
extenuating circumstances
🔀 Related Words
palliative vindicate
📍 Usage Context
Legal and formal.
📚 Grammar Notes
A 'deep link' to **Mitigate**; almost exclusively used with 'circumstances' in law.
From Latin 'ex-' (out) + 'tenuare' (to make thin).

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