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.
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▸ 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.
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mitigate,
palliate,
emaciate,
weakened,
wasting,
shrunk,
watered-down,
flagging,
cut down,
diminutive,
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