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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | serving as an excuse |
| Synonyms: | condoning, diminishing, justifying, lessening, mitigating, moderating, palliating, qualifying, reducing, sanitizing, softening, varnishing, whitewashing |
| Notes: | mitigating is lessening or moderating; extenuating is stretching out, thinning, making less dense or compact |
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