Extenuate is a 9 letter word which starts with the letter E and ends with the letter E for which we found 5 definitions.
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(v. t.) To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness. |
(v. t.) To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of as crime guilt faults ills accusations etc.; -- opposed to aggravate. |
(v. t.) To lower or degrade; to detract from. |
(v. i.) To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations. |
(a.) Thin; slender. |
The word extenuate is a 9 letter word that has 4 syllable 's . The syllable division for extenuate is: ex-ten-u-ate