extenuate

1. (официальное, устаревшее, переходный)To make (something) less dense, or thinner; also, to lower the viscosity of (something).

2. (архаичное, официальное, устаревшее, переходный)To make (someone or something) slender or thin; to emaciate, to waste.

3. (архаичное, официальное, устаревшее, переходный)To underestimate or understate the importance of (something); to underrate.

4. To underestimate or understate the importance of (something); to underrate.

   (архаичное, официальное, устаревшее, конкретно, переходный)To diminish or seek to diminish the extent or severity of (a crime, guilt, a mistake, or something else negative) by making apologies or excuses; to palliate.

   to extenuate his faults to extenuate their crimes

5. (официальное, устаревшее, переходный)To beat or draw (a metal object, etc.) out so as to lessen the thickness.

6. (официальное, устаревшее, переходный)To reduce the quality or quantity of (something); to lessen or weaken the force of (something).

7. (официальное, устаревшее, переходный)To degrade (someone); to detract from (someone's qualities, reputation, etc.); to depreciate, to disparage.

1. Those are extenuating circumstances.

   Это смягчающие обстоятельства.

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2. Extenuating circumstances led the judge to pass a more lenient sentence.

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