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extenuate
I verb absolve, acquit, allow for, attemper, attenuate, clear, condone, debilitate, deprive of strength, dilute, diminish, enervate, enfeeble, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, 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 II index alleviate, attenuate, dilute, diminish, ease, excuse, lessen, modify (moderate), palliate (excuse)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006