Meaning of EXTENUATING
| Pronunciation: | | ikst'enyoo`eyting
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| | Definition: | | [adj] partially excusing or justifying; "extenuating circumstances" |
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| | Synonyms: | | exculpatory |
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| | Related Terms: | | altering, apologetic, assuasive, bounding, diminishing, excusatory, excusing, extenuative, extenuatory, justificatory, justifying, lenitive, lessening, limitative, limiting, mitigating, mitigative, mitigatory, modificatory, modifying, modulatory, palliative, qualificative, qualificatory, qualifying, refuting, rehabilitative, restricting, restrictive, softening, tempering, vindicative, vindicatory |
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