extenuate
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1. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (verb.communication)
| hypernym | : | apologise, apologize, excuse, justify, rationalise, rationalize, |
| definition | : | defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning (verb.communication) |
| domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | extenuation, mitigation, palliation, |
| definition | : | to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | extenuation, mitigation, |
| definition | : | a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative, |
| definition | : | moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | extenuation, mitigation, palliation, |
| definition | : | to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | extenuation, mitigation, |
| definition | : | a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative, |
| definition | : | moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear (adj.all) |
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