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Extenuatory :: Extenuatory (a.) Tending to extenuate or palliate.

Palliate :: Palliate (v. t.) To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults..

Extenuation :: Extenuation (n.) The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment..

Extenuate :: Extenuate (v. t.) To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.

Mince :: Mince (v. t.) To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip, as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of..

Extenuator :: Extenuator (n.) One who extenuates.

Extenuated :: Extenuated (imp. & p. p.) of Extenuat.

Extenuate :: Extenuate (v. i.) To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations.

Extenuate :: Extenuate (a.) Thin; slender.

Alleviate :: Alleviate (v. t.) To extenuate; to palliate.

Extenuate :: Extenuate (v. t.) To lower or degrade; to detract from.

Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault.

Palliative :: Palliative (a.) Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.

Extenuate :: Extenuate (v. t.) To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate..

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