Extenuate

Meaning

Adj

●

Of a person:

,

,

; of the body or part of it:

,

, withered.

●

Of a quality or

:

, weakened.

●

Reduced to

; impoverished.

Verb

●

To make (something) less

, or

; also, to lower the

of (something).

●

To make (someone

)

or

; to

, to waste.

●

To

or

the

of (something); to underrate.

To

or

to

the

or

of (a

,

, a

, or

) by making

or

; to palliate.

●

To

or

(a

, etc.) out

the thickness.

●

To reduce

or

of (something); to

or

the

of (something).

●

To

(someone); to

from (someone's

,

, etc.); to

, to disparage.

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extenuate

English

extenuatus

Latin

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