Extenuate



verb — past tense: extenuated ; past participle: extenuated ; present participle: extenuating ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (To make [a person's guilt or offense] seem less great by providing a partial excuse, to mitigate, to make less blameworthy) សម្រាល
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) សម្រាលទោស
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: extenuated ; past participle: extenuated ; present participle: extenuating ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) 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.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To lower or degrade; to detract from.
4.
(INTRANSITIVE) To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations.
1.
Thin, slender