extenuating

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

present participle and gerund of extenuate

Adj

That lessens the seriousness of something by providing an excuse.

extenuate

• Verb
• Adj

Lees meer

Sinonieme

assuasive

mitigative

mitigatory

salving

Vertalings

atenuante

atenuant

atténuant

atenuante

mildernd

attenuante

exténuant

abschwächend

verzachtend

extenuante

مخفف

تبريري

dämpfend

discriminante

extenuante

Etimologie (Engels)

From Latin ex (“to delete, to cross out”) and tenuatus, past participle of tenuare (“to make thin”) + Middle English -ing. By surface analysis, ex- + tenuate + -ing.