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extenuate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ikˈstenyo͞oˌāt/,
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extenuated, past participle; extenuates, 3rd person singular present; extenuating, present participle; extenuated, past tense;
  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
  2. Make (someone) thin
    • - drawings of extenuated figures
  1. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"
  2. (extenuating) partially excusing or justifying; "extenuating circumstances"
  3. (extenuation) a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
  4. (extenuation) to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
  5. To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness; 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; To lower or degrade; to detract from
  6. (extenuating) That lessens the seriousness of something by providing an excuse
  7. (extenuation) The act of extenuating 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
  8. (EXTENUATION) That which renders a crime or tort less heinous than it would be without it: it is opposed to aggravation. (q. v. )
  9. (v) to treat as less serious or important than is apparent; mitigate
  10. to represent (a fault, offense, etc.) as less serious: to extenuate a crime; to serve to make (a fault, offense, etc.) seem less serious; to underestimate, underrate, or make light of: Do not extenuate the difficulties we are in.
  11. (v.) to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses
  12. to reduce strength of