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extenuate verb absolve, acquit, allow for, attemper, attenuate, clear, condone, debilitate, deprive of strength, diminish, enervate, enfeeble, exculpate, excuse, forgive, justify, lessen, levare, lighten, make allowance for, make excuses for, make less serious, minuere, mitigare, mitigate, moderate, palliate, pardon, qualify, reduce, reduce in strength, soften, temper, thin, vindicate, weaken See also: alleviate, attenuate, dilute, diminish, ease, excuse, lessen, moderate, modify, palliate How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Even drink, that great extenuator of grievous bodily harm inflicted on the fairground, could not turn a rape into the natural outcome of uncontrollable impulses. |
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