Extenuate
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:16 ptsWWF:18 pts9 letters
Definition of Extenuate
Verb
- To make (something) less dense, or thinner; also, to lower the viscosity of (something).
- To make (someone or something) slender or thin; to emaciate, to waste. To underestimate or understate the importance of (something); to underrate. To diminish or seek to diminish the extent or severity of (a crime, guilt, a mistake, or something else negative) by making apologies or excuses; to palliate.
"to extenuate his faults to extenuate their crimes"
- To make (someone or something) slender or thin; to emaciate, to waste.
- To underestimate or understate the importance of (something); to underrate. To diminish or seek to diminish the extent or severity of (a crime, guilt, a mistake, or something else negative) by making apologies or excuses; to palliate.
"to extenuate his faults to extenuate their crimes"
- To diminish or seek to diminish the extent or severity of (a crime, guilt, a mistake, or something else negative) by making apologies or excuses; to palliate.
"to extenuate his faults to extenuate their crimes"
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