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extenuate

(/I/k'st/E/n/j//u/,/eI/t )

lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of(verb.communication)

Example:
The circumstances extenuate the crime.

Synonym:
mitigate, palliate

source: wordnet30
To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.(verb)

source: webster1913
To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations.(verb)

source: webster1913

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