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extenuate
to lessen the seriousness of an offense by partial excuse
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Questions about “extenuate”
Extenuate (verb) means to lessen the seriousness of an offense by partial excuse
Here is extenuate used in an example sentence: "Nothing could extenuate so deliberate a betrayal."
Common synonyms for extenuate include mitigate, diminish, palliate.
Antonyms of extenuate include aggravate, intensify.
Extenuate is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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