Synonyms for Extenuate:

• n.

  •
  • sleek over,
  • show.

• v.

  •attenuate (verb)
  • under mined,
  • under-mining,
  • under mining,
  • under-mined.
  •communication (verb)
  • extenuate.
  •debilitate (verb)
  • un brace,
  • unbracing,
  • un-braced,
  • un bracing,
  • unstrengthening,
  • un-brace,
  • de vitalizes,
  • de vitalizing,
  • un strengthening,
  • un-strengthened,
  • de vitalize,
  • un braced,
  • un-strengthen,
  • un-strengthens,
  • un-strengthening,
  • un strengthened,
  • un strengthen,
  • re-lax,
  • un-bracing,
  • un-braces,
  • unstrengthens,
  • un strengthens,
  • unbraces,
  • un braces,
  • de-vitalized,
  • de vitalized,
  • de-vitalize,
  • de-vitalizes,
  • de-vitalizing,
  • re lax.
  •diminish (verb)
  • dying out,
  • re duces,
  • re-duce,
  • re trenched,
  • de cline,
  • re-duces,
  • re duce,
  • faded away,
  • de-clines,
  • sub sides,
  • re ceded,
  • minifies,
  • sub-sides,
  • de-cline,
  • dieing out,
  • de creased,
  • de-creases,
  • re-ceded,
  • re cede,
  • re-cede,
  • de creasing,
  • sub side,
  • re-trenches,
  • sub sided,
  • re trench,
  • re trenches,
  • re ceding,
  • dies out,
  • re cedes,
  • re trenching,
  • becomes smaller,
  • de-crease,
  • becoming smaller,
  • re-ceding,
  • re-trench,
  • de-creased,
  • sub-side,
  • de clines,
  • de-creasing,
  • re-trenching,
  • re-trenched,
  • re-cedes,
  • de crease,
  • de creases.
  •excuse (verb)
  • took rap for,
  • de fend,
  • dispenses from,
  • de fending,
  • winks at,
  • dispensed from,
  • dis charged,
  • taking rap for,
  • dis charges,
  • ex plained,
  • made allowances for,
  • granting amnesty,
  • dis-charge,
  • winking at,
  • exempted from,
  • pre texts,
  • pleads ignorance,
  • pre-texts,
  • over looks,
  • re-lease,
  • re leases,
  • makes allowances for,
  • letted go,
  • dis-charged,
  • pleading ignorance,
  • over-look,
  • dispensing from,
  • over look,
  • dis-charging,
  • pleaded ignorance,
  • over looked,
  • de-fended,
  • ex-plaining,
  • pretexting,
  • re-leased,
  • pre-text,
  • grants amnesty,
  • over-looking,
  • granted amnesty,
  • re-leases,
  • pled ignorance,
  • pre text,
  • de-fends,
  • ex-plain,
  • de fends,
  • re lease,
  • dis charge,
  • dis-charges,
  • ex-plains,
  • de fended,
  • ex plains,
  • takes rap for,
  • gave absolution,
  • exempts from,
  • gives absolution,
  • ex-plained,
  • giving absolution,
  • exempting from,
  • making allowances for,
  • apologizes for,
  • apologizing for,
  • ex plaining,
  • apologized for,
  • ex plain,
  • dis charging,
  • de-fending,
  • de-fend,
  • over-looks.
  •forgive (verb)
  • laughed off,
  • turned other cheek,
  • lets easy,
  • wiping slate clean,
  • letted off easy,
  • laughs off,
  • let upon,
  • letting upon,
  • kisses make up,
  • thinks no more of,
  • accepts apology,
  • wipes slate clean,
  • re spited,
  • re spites,
  • buried hatchet,
  • making allowance,
  • letted bygones be bygones,
  • re-spiting,
  • lets off easy,
  • lets pass,
  • letting easy,
  • buries the hatchet,
  • lets bygones be bygones,
  • kissing make up,
  • turning other cheek,
  • makes allowance,
  • dismisses from mind,
  • lets up on,
  • dismissing from mind,
  • letted it go,
  • re-spited,
  • bearing no malice,
  • wiped slate clean,
  • burying the hatchet,
  • kiss make up,
  • beared no malice,
  • re spite,
  • letting off easy,
  • buries hatchet,
  • thought no more of,
  • letted pass,
  • letted easy,
  • buried the hatchet,
  • re-spite,
  • bears no malice,
  • re spiting,
  • bare no malice,
  • made allowance,
  • allows for,
  • re-spites,
  • allowed for,
  • accepted apology,
  • dismissed from mind,
  • letting it go,
  • kissed and make up,
  • letting up on,
  • bore no malice,
  • bury hatchet,
  • turns other cheek,
  • letting bygones be bygones,
  • lets it go,
  • letting pass,
  • kisses and make up,
  • lets upon,
  • letted up on,
  • letted upon,
  • accepting apology,
  • laughing off,
  • let easy,
  • thinking no more of,
  • burying hatchet,
  • kissed make up,
  • kissing and make up.
  •gloss (verb)
  • dis guising,
  • dis guised,
  • deaconed,
  • mis-represented,
  • mis represented,
  • mis represent,
  • smoothed over,
  • dis-guises,
  • be lying,
  • mis-representing,
  • smooths over,
  • dis-guise,
  • dis-guised,
  • mis-represent,
  • be lied,
  • be-lied,
  • mis represents,
  • be-lying,
  • mis representing,
  • mis-represents,
  • dis guises,
  • dis guise,
  • deaconing,
  • dis-guising,
  • softpedal,
  • smoothing over.
  •lessen, mitigate (verb)
  • qualify,
  • downplay,
  • soften,
  • make allowances,
  • minimize,
  • moderate,
  • reduce,
  • decrease.
  •lighten (verb)
  • up-raised,
  • up raised,
  • up light,
  • dis-burdening,
  • up raise,
  • dis burdens,
  • re-moves,
  • dis-encumbering,
  • dis-encumbered,
  • dis-encumber,
  • uplighting,
  • un burdened,
  • dis burdening,
  • dis burden,
  • dis-encumbers,
  • taking a load off,
  • making lighter,
  • making less,
  • un-loads,
  • dis-burdened,
  • up-lights,
  • un-burdens,
  • un-burdened,
  • un load,
  • makes lighter,
  • up lighted,
  • up lighting,
  • un burden,
  • re-move,
  • un-load,
  • took a load off,
  • un-burden,
  • uplighted,
  • take load off,
  • up lights,
  • up-lighted,
  • dis burdened,
  • dis encumbers,
  • un loaded,
  • re move,
  • takes a load off,
  • up-raise,
  • dis-burdens,
  • un loads,
  • re moved,
  • un loading,
  • un burdening,
  • takes load off,
  • un burdens,
  • re-moving,
  • taking load off,
  • makes less,
  • up-raising,
  • up-lighting,
  • dis encumber,
  • dis-burden,
  • dis encumbering,
  • took load off,
  • up-light,
  • re moving,
  • up-raises,
  • dis encumbered,
  • made less,
  • un-burdening,
  • up raising.
  •mitigate (verb)
  • met halfway,
  • sub dues,
  • sub due,
  • taking edge off,
  • sub-due,
  • came together,
  • took the edge off,
  • taking the edge off,
  • takes edge off,
  • take edge off,
  • takes the edge off,
  • took edge off,
  • sub-dues.
  •palliate (verb)
  • puts a band aid,
  • puts on a band-aid,
  • putting on a band aid,
  • puts on a bandaid,
  • quick fixt,
  • puts on band-aid,
  • put band aid,
  • glozes,
  • Glozed,
  • putting band aid,
  • put on a band aid,
  • put on a bandaid,
  • put a band-aid,
  • puts band-aid,
  • put on band-aid,
  • put bandaid,
  • putting on band aid,
  • puts band aid,
  • puts on bandaid,
  • putting band-aid,
  • puts on a band aid,
  • put on bandaid,
  • putting a band-aid,
  • making light of,
  • put a band aid,
  • putting on band-aid,
  • puts a band-aid,
  • put a bandaid,
  • quick fixed,
  • putting a band aid,
  • puts a bandaid,
  • puts on band aid,
  • quick fixing,
  • putting on bandaid,
  • putting on a band-aid,
  • putting bandaid,
  • makes light of,
  • puts bandaid,
  • putting a bandaid,
  • put band-aid,
  • putting on a bandaid,
  • put on band aid.
  •rationalize (verb)
  • re solves,
  • cop plea,
  • applying logic,
  • re-solves,
  • reasoning out,
  • applies logic,
  • de liberates,
  • de liberating,
  • thinks through,
  • gave alibi,
  • de liberate,
  • re-solve,
  • explains away,
  • giving alibi,
  • gives alibi,
  • thinking through,
  • re-solving,
  • re solve,
  • explaining away,
  • explained away,
  • reasons out,
  • applied logic,
  • reasoned out,
  • re-solved,
  • de-liberated,
  • de liberated,
  • de-liberate,
  • de-liberates,
  • de-liberating,
  • intellectualizes.
  •smooth (verb)
  • took the sting out,
  • paved way,
  • paved the way,
  • takes the sting out,
  • paves the way,
  • pave way,
  • took sting out,
  • taking sting out,
  • paving way,
  • paving the way,
  • takes sting out,
  • taking the sting out,
  • paves way.
  •thin (verb)
  • co-oking,
  • co-oked,
  • re fines,
  • re fined,
  • co oked,
  • weeds out,
  • re-fine,
  • re-fines,
  • dis perse,
  • co oking,
  • re-fining,
  • weeded out,
  • dis-perse,
  • re fine.
  •veneer (verb)
  • sur faces,
  • sur-facing,
  • sur facing,
  • sur face,
  • sur-faced,
  • sur-face,
  • sur faced.
  •vindicate (verb)
  • doest justice to,
  • freeing from blame,
  • re habilitates,
  • re-habilitating,
  • dis-prove,
  • up-holds,
  • didst justice to,
  • up-hold,
  • dis-proving,
  • disculpates,
  • frees from blame,
  • doeth justice to,
  • did justice to,
  • dis-proved,
  • up holds,
  • dis-proves,
  • re-habilitated,
  • up held,
  • pleaded for,
  • up-held,
  • does justice to,
  • up holding,
  • doth justice to,
  • re habilitated,
  • dis prove,
  • dis proved,
  • dis proving,
  • re habilitate,
  • dost justice to,
  • freed from blame,
  • up hold,
  • dis proves,
  • up-holding,
  • pled for,
  • doing justice to,
  • Disculpated,
  • Disculpating,
  • re-habilitate,
  • pleads for.
  •whitewash (verb)
  • glossing over,
  • glosses over.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • slim,
  • fat.
  •
  • explain.
  •diminish
  • Minified,
  • recede,
  • Minifying,
  • fade away,
  • Waned,
  • fading away,
  • tapers,
  • outed,
  • minify,
  • died out,
  • peter out,
  • fades away,
  • become smaller,
  • OUTS,
  • petering out,
  • slackens,
  • became smaller,
  • die out.
  •forgive
  • think no more of,
  • Respited,
  • make allowance,
  • dismiss from mind,
  • let bygones be bygones,
  • Amnestied,
  • turn other cheek,
  • let it go,
  • Respiting,
  • Amnestying,
  • allow for,
  • laugh off,
  • wipe slate clean,
  • kiss and make up,
  • let up on,
  • let pass,
  • let off easy,
  • allowing for,
  • bear no malice,
  • accept apology.
  •lighten
  • facilitates,
  • unburdened,
  • unburdens,
  • jettison,
  • unburdening,
  • lighten,
  • pouring out,
  • make less,
  • pour out,
  • take a load off,
  • unburden,
  • uplight,
  • pours out,
  • made lighter,
  • uplights,
  • poured out,
  • make lighter,
  • facilitate.
  •make peace
  • smooth.
  •smooth
  • take the sting out,
  • Patting,
  • take sting out,
  • Patted,
  • pave the way.
  •vindicate
  • pleading for,
  • do justice to,
  • plead for,
  • Disculpate,
  • free from blame.
  •Other relevant words:
  • evasion,
  • soften up,
  • shorten,
  • deaden,
  • exculpatory,
  • remit,
  • pare,
  • bate,
  • scanty,
  • dilute,
  • dampen,
  • unstring,
  • warrant,
  • constrain,
  • appease,
  • devitalize,
  • soothe,
  • explanatory,
  • subtract,
  • temper,
  • meagre,
  • veil,
  • attenuate,
  • bolster up,
  • subdue,
  • cripple,
  • ignore,
  • decreasing,
  • decreased,
  • allay,
  • control,
  • little,
  • unman,
  • sober,
  • de-emphasize,
  • mollify,
  • damp,
  • attemper,
  • allow,
  • strain,
  • flimsy,
  • legitimatize,
  • conceal,
  • veiling,
  • keep within bounds,
  • enfeeble,
  • light,
  • narrow,
  • cloak,
  • screen,
  • delicate,
  • alleviative,
  • water down,
  • cut down,
  • lay,
  • fritter away,
  • lithe,
  • pardon,
  • alleviatory,
  • camouflage,
  • eviscerate,
  • relax,
  • suppress,
  • reduce the temperature,
  • enervate,
  • slow down,
  • slur over,
  • modulate,
  • exhaust,
  • alleviation,
  • rattle,
  • sprain,
  • shrivel,
  • tone down,
  • slacken,
  • slur,
  • feeble,
  • slight,
  • relieve,
  • dwindle,
  • undermine,
  • palliation,
  • qualifying,
  • abate,
  • Dequantitate,
  • stifle,
  • easement,
  • mitigation,
  • depreciate,
  • quell,
  • dissembler,
  • make allowance for,
  • legitimate,
  • bank the fire,
  • decimate,
  • curtail,
  • slender,
  • extenuation,
  • sugar-coat,
  • sugarcoat,
  • assuage,
  • extenuating,
  • abbreviate,
  • chasten,
  • smother,
  • whiten,
  • ease,
  • pretext,
  • alibi,
  • dissimulating,
  • alleviate,
  • sap,
  • explanation,
  • gruel,
  • varnish,
  • apology,
  • tame,
  • condone,
  • white,
  • gaunt,
  • lenify,
  • shake,
  • deodorize,
  • faint,
  • release,
  • shake up,
  • lay low,
  • play down,
  • restrain,
  • tune down,
  • fine,
  • lessen,
  • color,
  • dull,
  • weaken,
  • unnerve,
  • underplay,
  • dissimulation,
  • sanitize,
  • obtund,
  • skinny,
  • blunt,
  • cover,
  • discount,
  • defend,
  • detract,
  • abatement,
  • account for,
  • lower,
  • impoverish,
  • cramp,
  • palliative,
  • dwarf,
  • permit.

Antonyms for Extenuate:

• v.

  • lessen, mitigate
    expand, raise, extend, develop, increase, grow, enlarge.

Homophones for Extenuate:

• excitant, estaminet, east wind, esteemed, extant, extend, estimate, executant, extended, eighth note, excitement, extent, extend to, existent, East India, exodontia, eighteenth.

Hyponym for Extenuate:

• v.

  • communication
    rationalize, apologize, rationalise, apologise, excuse.