"Extenuating" is a word in ENGLISH

To extenuate; to palliate.

That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular …

To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; …

The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation.

That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault.

One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another.

To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations.

Thin; slender.

To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, …

To lower or degrade; to detract from.

To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.

To lessen; to palliate; to mitigate. Connell v. State, 46 Tex. Cr. R. 259, 81 S. W. 748

of Extenuate

Such as render a delict or crime less aggra-vated, heinous, or reprehensible than lt would otherwise be, or teud to …

The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of …

One who extenuates.

Tending to extenuate or palliate.

To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; …

Alleviation; abatement or diminution of a penalty or punishment Imposed by law. “Mitigating circumstances” are such as do not constitute …

To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults.