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Extenuating

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective

1
That lessens the seriousness of something by providing an excuse.
"In the instant case, testimony has been offered that there were extenuating circumstances which might have made it impossible for the Hospital to comply with the time limit (Union office closed on April 4, 1974, for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day March)."

Adjective

1
partially excusing or justifying wordnet

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of extenuate form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin ex (“to delete, to cross out”) and tenuatus, past participle of tenuare (“to make thin”) + Middle English -ing. By surface analysis, ex- + tenuate + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Latin ex (“to delete, to cross out”) and tenuatus, past participle of tenuare (“to make thin”) + Middle English -ing. By surface analysis, ex- + tenuate + -ing.

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