extenuating

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

present participle and gerund of extenuate

Adj

That lessens the seriousness of something by providing an excuse.

extenuate

• Verb
• Adj

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Concepts

atténuant

exténuant

Synonymes

assuasive

mitigative

mitigatory

salving

Traductions

atenuante

atenuant

verzachtend

attenuante

atenuante

abschwächend

mildernd

extenuante

مخفف

تبريري

dämpfend

discriminante

extenuante

التخفيف

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.