Word: extenuate
Category: extenuate
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Related words: extenuate
extenuate definition, define extenuate
Synonyms: extenuate
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
Translations: extenuate
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spanish
Translations:
amortiguar, atenuar
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german
Translations:
lindern
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french
Translations:
rapetisser, aveulir, étioler, modérer, énerver, exténuons, affaiblir, alanguir, amollir, estomper, ...
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italian
Translations:
attenuare
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russian
Translations:
смягчать, ослаблять
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swedish
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minska
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finnish
Translations:
vähentää, lieventää
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czech
Translations:
zmírnit, zmenšit, oslabit, ztenčit, zeslabit
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polish
Translations:
pomniejszać, łagodzić, umniejszać, osłabiać, zmniejszać
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ukrainian
Translations:
ослаблювати, ослабте, перепрошенням, послаблювати
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estonian
Translations:
pehmendama
The meaning and "use of": extenuate
verb
- make (guilt or an offense) seem less serious or more forgivable. - there were extenuating circumstances that caused me to say the things I did
- make (someone) thin. - drawings of extenuated figures
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