Definitions from Wiktionary (extenuate)

▸ verb:  To make (something) less dense, or thinner; also, to lower the viscosity of (something).
▸ verb:  (archaic)
▸ verb:  To make (someone or something) slender or thin; to emaciate, to waste.
▸ verb:  To underestimate or understate the importance of (something); to underrate.
▸ verb:  (specifically) To diminish or seek to diminish the extent or severity of (a crime, guilt, a mistake, or something else negative) by making apologies or excuses; to palliate.
▸ verb:  (obsolete)
▸ verb:  To beat or draw (a metal object, etc.) out so as to lessen the thickness.
▸ verb:  To reduce the quality or quantity of (something); to lessen or weaken the force of (something).
▸ verb:  To degrade (someone); to detract from (someone's qualities, reputation, etc.); to depreciate, to disparage.
▸ adjective:  Of a person: emaciated, wasted, weakened; of the body or part of it: atrophied, shrunken, withered.
▸ adjective:  Of a quality or thing: lessened, weakened.
▸ adjective:  Reduced to poverty; impoverished.
▸ Also see extenuate


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