Definition for Extenuate:

• To lessen; weaken; palliate.

Synonyms for Extenuate:

• n.

  •
  • explain away,
  • sleek over,
  • Gloze,
  • show,
  • whitewash.
  •
  • fat,
  • thin,
  • increase,
  • slim.
  •extenuate (noun)
  • palliate,
  • mitigate.
  •reduce (noun)
  • qualify,
  • diminish,
  • lessen,
  • decrease,
  • excuse.

• v.

  •communication (verb)
  • palliate,
  • mitigate.
  •lessen, mitigate (verb)
  • qualify,
  • excuse,
  • moderate,
  • decrease,
  • diminish,
  • downplay,
  • palliate,
  • reduce,
  • justify,
  • soften,
  • make allowances,
  • minimize.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • whitewash.
  •
  • gloss,
  • explain.
  •forgive
  • allow for.
  •gloss over
  • Gloze.
  •lighten
  • lighten.
  •make peace
  • smooth.
  •weaken
  • attenuate.
  •Other relevant words:
  • extenuation,
  • whitewash,
  • chasten,
  • alleviation,
  • camouflage,
  • gloss,
  • justify,
  • dissimulating,
  • hide,
  • restrain,
  • unstring,
  • depreciate,
  • lighten,
  • make light of,
  • slur over,
  • tame,
  • prettify,
  • mollify,
  • play down,
  • smother,
  • mitigation,
  • account for,
  • dwarf,
  • pretext,
  • conceal,
  • lay low,
  • apologize for,
  • damp,
  • legitimatize,
  • release,
  • keep within bounds,
  • explain away,
  • fritter away,
  • quell,
  • apology,
  • show,
  • alleviatory,
  • tone down,
  • forgive,
  • abatement,
  • constrain,
  • obtund,
  • gloss over,
  • feeble,
  • gaunt,
  • explain,
  • scanty,
  • abbreviate,
  • smooth,
  • gruel,
  • slight,
  • evasion,
  • slim,
  • color,
  • fine,
  • decimate,
  • cripple,
  • detract,
  • abate,
  • dissembler,
  • dissimulation,
  • enfeeble,
  • easement,
  • alibi,
  • decreased,
  • assuage,
  • remit,
  • diminish,
  • decrease,
  • allow,
  • appease,
  • permit,
  • make allowance for,
  • attemper,
  • shorten,
  • alleviate,
  • curtail,
  • attenuate,
  • sober,
  • palliation,
  • soften,
  • dampen,
  • qualifying,
  • shake up,
  • extenuating,
  • pare,
  • stifle,
  • deaden,
  • explanation,
  • suppress,
  • subdue,
  • shrivel,
  • warrant,
  • pardon,
  • dwindle,
  • moderate,
  • reduce,
  • relax,
  • water down,
  • Gloze,
  • lower,
  • undermine,
  • veil,
  • allay,
  • lenify,
  • whiten,
  • allow for,
  • unstrengthen,
  • mince,
  • legitimate,
  • slender,
  • minimize,
  • lay,
  • subtract,
  • mitigate,
  • condone,
  • bolster up,
  • temper,
  • sprain,
  • cloak,
  • defend,
  • unman,
  • cut down,
  • exculpatory,
  • exhaust,
  • narrow,
  • discount,
  • sleek over,
  • relieve,
  • downplay,
  • qualify,
  • varnish,
  • unbrace,
  • sugar-coat,
  • bate,
  • soften up,
  • soothe,
  • lithe,
  • sugarcoat,
  • dilute,
  • devitalize,
  • rarefy,
  • skinny,
  • apologize,
  • modulate,
  • delicate,
  • weaken,
  • rationalize,
  • strain,
  • excuse,
  • soft pedal,
  • dull,
  • white,
  • make allowances,
  • ignore,
  • decreasing,
  • vindicate,
  • cover up,
  • underplay,
  • screen,
  • eviscerate,
  • fat,
  • shake,
  • slow down,
  • cover,
  • tune down,
  • alleviative,
  • sanitize,
  • deodorize,
  • blunt,
  • unnerve,
  • slur,
  • light,
  • Dequantitate,
  • de-emphasize,
  • veneer,
  • meagre,
  • control,
  • impoverish,
  • cramp,
  • sap,
  • enervate,
  • rattle,
  • slacken,
  • veiling,
  • explanatory,
  • little,
  • palliative,
  • debilitate,
  • flimsy,
  • faint,
  • lessen,
  • ease,
  • thin.

Antonyms for Extenuate:

• v.

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