extenuates

verb

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    To become thinner.

  4. 4

    To lower or degrade; to detract from.

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