3. To lower or degrade; to detract from. [Obs.] Who can extenuate thee Milton.
Syn.
— To palliate; to mitigate. See Palliate.
EXTENUATE
Ex*ten"u*ate, v. i.
Defn: To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations. Burke.
EXTENUATE
Ex*ten"u*ate, a. Etym: [L. extenuatus, p. p.]
Defn: Thin; slender. [Obs.] Huloet.
EXTENUATION
Ex*ten`u*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. extenuatio: cf. F. exténuation.]
Defn: The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment. To listen . . . to every extenuation of what is evil. I. Taylor.
EXTENUATOR
Ex*ten"u*a`tor, n.
Defn: One who extenuates.