Extenuate

eks-ten′ū-āt, v.t. to le en: to underrate: to weaken the force of: to palliate.— p.adj. Exten′uating , palliating.— adv. Exten′uatingly .— n. Extenuā′tion , act of representing anything as le wrong or criminal than it is: palliation: mitigation.— adjs. Exten′uative , Exten′uatory , tending to extenuate: palliative.— n. Exten′uator . [L. extenuāre , -ātum — ex , inten., tenuis , thin.]