extenuating

Etymology

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

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of extenuate

adj

  1. That lessens the seriousness of something by providing an excuse.

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