transitive verb. To lessen or appear to lessen the seriousness or extent of (an offense, for example), especially by providing partial excuses.

transitive verb. undefined

transitive verb. To make thin or emaciated.

transitive verb. To mitigate or lessen.

transitive verb. To belittle; disparage.

Thin; slender.

To make thin, lean, slender, or rare; reduce in thickness or density; draw out; attenuate.

To make smaller in degree or appearance; make less blamable in fact or in estimation; lower in importance or degree, as a fault or crime; mitigate; palliate: opposed to aggravate.

To detract from, as a person or thing; lessen in honor, estimation, or importance.

Synonyms See palliate.

To become thin or thinner or more slender; be drawn out or attenuated.

intransitive verb. To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations.

transitive verb. To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.

transitive verb. To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate.

transitive verb. To lower or degrade; to detract from.

adjective. Thin; slender.

verb. To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.

verb. To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate.

verb. To lower or degrade; to detract from.

verb. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

"This I neither "extenuate" nor "set down in malice," but merely record the fact."

apologise  apologize  excuse  justify  rationalise  

attenuate  

abate  allay  alleviate  allow for  apologize  

extenuated  extenuates  extenuating