extenuate in English

verb

1

make (guilt or an offense) seem less serious or more forgivable.

there were extenuating circumstances that caused me to say the things I did

synonyms: excuse, mitigate, palliate, make allowances for, make excuses for, defend, vindicate, justify, diminish, lessen, moderate, qualify, play down

2

make (someone) thin.

drawings of extenuated figures

verb

• excuse, mitigate, palliate, make allowances for, make excuses for, defend, vindicate, justify, diminish, lessen, moderate, qualify, play down
• mitigate, palliate

Use "extenuate" in a sentence

1. Nothing can extenuate such cruelty.

2. Nothing can extenuate his crime.

3. Nothing can extenuate his base conduct.

4. Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.

5. We cannot extenuate your crime.

6. Nothing can extenuate his guilt.

7. The circumstances extenuate the crime.

8. Nothing can extenuate her negligence.

9. Nothing can extenuate such Appalling behaviour

10. Nothing can extenuate such appalling behavior.

11. Do not extenuate the difficulties we are in.

12. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter.

13. His Majesty gave many marks of his great lenity, often. endeavoring to extenuate your crimesJonathan Swift.

14. The defense made by the prisoner's counsel did rather Aggravate than extenuate his crime