Associations to the word «Extenuate»
Noun
Verb
| 1 |
Wiktionary
EXTENUATE, verb. (transitive) To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.
EXTENUATE, verb. (intransitive) To become thinner.
EXTENUATE, verb. (transitive) 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.
EXTENUATE, verb. (obsolete) To lower or degrade; to detract from.
Dictionary definition
EXTENUATE, verb. Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime".
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.