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/ik sten"yooh euh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj.tending to extenuate; characterized by extenuation; extenuating.[1800-10; < LL extenuatorius. See EXTENUATE, -TORY1]
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Extenuatory — Ex*ten u*a*to*ry, a. [Cf. L. extenuatorius attenuating.] Tending to extenuate or palliate. Croker. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
extenuatory — [ek sten′yo͞oāt΄iv, ik sten′yo͞oāt΄ivek sten′yo͞o ə tôr΄ē, iksten′yo͞o ə tôr΄ē] adj. extenuating or tending to extenuate: also extenuative [ek sten′yo͞oāt΄iv, ik sten′yo͞oāt΄iv] … English World dictionary
extenuatory — extenuate ► VERB 1) (usu. as adj. extenuating) lessen the seriousness of (an offence) by referring to a factor that helps excuse it. 2) (extenuated) literary thin. DERIVATIVES extenuation noun extenuatory adjective. ORIGIN … English terms dictionary
extenuatory — adjective see extenuate … New Collegiate Dictionary
extenuatory — adj. lessening the seriousness of (an action or guilt); making smaller, making thin (Archaic) … English contemporary dictionary
extenuatory — ex·ten·u·a·to·ry … English syllables
extenuatory — /əkˈstɛnjuətri/ (say uhk stenyoohuhtree), /ɛk / (say ek ), / təri/ (say tuhree) adjective tending to extenuate; characterised by extenuation …
extenuatory — wəˌtōrē adjective Etymology: Late Latin extenuatorius, from Latin extenuatus + orius ory : tending to extenuate … Useful english dictionary
extenuate — transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin extenuatus, past participle of extenuare, from ex + tenuis thin more at thin Date: 1529 1. a. archaic to make light of b. to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of by making partial … New Collegiate Dictionary
assuasive — Synonyms and related words: alleviating, alleviative, altering, analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, balmy, balsamic, benumbing, bounding, calmant, calmative, cathartic, cleansing, deadening, demulcent, dulling, easing, emollient, extenuating,… … Moby Thesaurus
