extenuated 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:excusemitigatepalliatemake allowances formake excuses fordefendvindicatejustifydiminishlessenmoderatequalifyplay down
2
make (someone) thin.
drawings of extenuated figures

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1. He was unable to say anything that might have extenuated his behaviour.

2. Antonyms for Bolded include narrowed, simplified, unBolded, reduced, thinned, decremented, extenuated, lightened, moderated and scaled down