extenuate

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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

extenuate

to represent an offence or fault as being less serious than it appears, as by showing mitigating circumstances.

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Mozambique is one of the nations in Africa impacted by drought that will profit from a 12 million Italian government programme to extenuate against the impacts of the adverse weather conditions.

Italy,Mozambique : MOZAMBIQUE to profit from ITALY'S drought mitigation program worth EUR 12M

The Minister said that the Water Utilities Corporation would place water tanks in strategic spots in the affected regions to extenuate this situation.