Definitionv. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
Last update: September 28, 2016
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"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. [verb]
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He creates a whole commonalty of characters that help extenuate and expose the interactions of people and their effects. [verb]
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The road would be none the smoother for it, the end would be none the better for it, he would not be helped, nor I extenuated. [verb]
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"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. [verb]
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The features seemed to be extenuated by penury and famine, until they hardly retained the likeness of a human aspect. [verb]
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"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. [Please select]
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Neither passion nor ignorance of the right rule can extenuate responsibility. [Please select]
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It was not Sally Owen's way to extenuate errors of commission or omission. [noun]
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"My dear sir, I've no wish to extenuate the Count's transgressions; but--but on the other side." [Please select]
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"It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter." [adjective]
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There was a vindictiveness in these crimes which no plea can extenuate. [Please select]
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