extenuating

Speech parts

1. extenuating - Adjective

2. extenuating - Verb

4. extenuating - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Extenuate

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

defend saving justify lowering qualifying altering diminish mitigate excuse diminishing allowance lessen forgiving lessening softening
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Antonyms

increase attack increasing improve evil protest
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Phrases with the word

extenuating handicaps

Examples

I am colored but I offer nothing in the way of extenuating circumstances except the fact that I am the only Negro in the United States whose grandfather on the mother's side was not an Indian chief. Zora Neale Hurston

No excuses ever, for anyone; that is my principle at the outset. I deny the good intention, the respectable mistake, the indiscretion, the extenuating circumstance. With me there is no giving of absolution or blessing. Albert Camus

extenuating circumstances Source: Internet

As a result of these extenuating factors, there does not seem to be a strong correlation between states that saw an uptick of unemployment claims with those also hitting covid spikes. Source: Internet

But beauty and wealth can come with some horrible extenuating burdens. Source: Internet

Adding to the sheer pace and choice are other extenuating factors. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

extenuacion extenuate extenuated extenuating circumstance extenuating handicaps extenuatingly