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Synonyms for extenuating
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ik-sten-yoo-ey-ting |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈstɛn yuˌeɪ tɪŋ |
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Définition of extenuating
Origin :- 1520s, from Latin extenuatus, past participle of extenuare "lessen, make small, reduce, diminish," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + tenuare "make thin," from tenuis "thin" (see tenet). Related: Extenuated; extenuating. Extenuating circumstances attested from 1660s.
- adj serving as an excuse
- But really, you know, where are the extenuating circumstances?
- Extract from : « A Tangled Tale » by Lewis Carroll
- "There may be some extenuating circumstances in your case—but I doubt it," he said.
- Extract from : « The Minister of Evil » by William Le Queux
- There were extenuating circumstances about what Lafe Wynn had done.
- Extract from : « Owen Clancy's Happy Trail » by Burt L. Standish
- Then he sat down: he had made no mention of extenuating circumstances.
- Extract from : « Fantmas » by Pierre Souvestre
- The jury brought in a verdict of guilty with extenuating circumstances.
- Extract from : « The Cult of Incompetence » by Emile Faguet
- It is a time when the truth, all the truth, might be accepted as an extenuating circumstance.
- Extract from : « The Hill » by Horace Annesley Vachell
- "Yes; but that is cause, not extenuating circumstance," Whittenden objected.
- Extract from : « The Brentons » by Anna Chapin Ray
- The writer of the essay admits that there may be extenuating circumstances.
- Extract from : « The Bibliotaph » by Leon H. Vincent
- I think it was the worst thing I did; yet there were extenuating circumstances.
- Extract from : « The Aspern Papers » by Henry James
- But were there not some extenuating circumstances in my favor.
- Extract from : « The Sleuth of St. James's Square » by Melville Davisson Post
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