What is the meaning of the word 'extenuate' in German?

extenuate - beschönigen


Some sentence examples which use the word 'extenuate'

  • "It was a small estate that brought in no profit," replied Prince Andrew, trying to extenuate his action so as not to irritate the old man uselessly.
  • He creates a whole commonalty of characters that help extenuate and expose the interactions of people and their effects.
  • B, 1886) should be consulted, for although the author tries to extenuate the pope to some extent, on the whole he is fair.
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