1) Apologise 2) Apologize 3) Excuse 4) Justify 5) Lessen the seriousness of 6) Mitigate 7) Palliate 8) Rationalise 9) Rationalize 10) To become thinner 11) To detract from 12) To lessen 13) To lower or degrade 14) To make thin or slender 15) To palliate
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1) Mitigate 2) Palliate
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• (v. t.) To lower or degrade; to detract from. • (v. i.) To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations. • (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. • (a.) Thin; slender. &b...
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Ex·ten'u·ate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Extenuated;
present participle & verbal noun Extenuating.] [ Latin
extenuatus , past participle of
extenuare to make thin, loosen, weaken;
ex out +
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reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuseÂ
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v] - lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
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palliate verb lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; `The circumstances extenuate the crime`
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to represent (a fault, offense, etc.) as less serious: to extenuate a crime. · to serve to make (a fault, offense, etc.) seem less serious. · to underestimate, underrate, or make light of: Do not extenuate the difficulties we are in. · · to make thin, lean, or emaciated. · to reduce the consistency or density of.
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[Intelligent words] lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or degree of
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