Extenuating

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  • v. Present participle of extenuate.
  • adj. That lessens the seriousness of something by providing an excuse
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. serving or tending to reduce the severity of guilt or blameworthiness.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. partially excusing or justifying
  • Equivalent
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mitigating   
    Verb Stem
    extenuate