What is the meaning of Extenuate?

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

  1. To make (someone or something) slender or thin; to emaciate, to waste.
  2. To underestimate or understate the importance of (something); to underrate.
    1. 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 make (someone or something) slender or thin; to emaciate, to waste.

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

      1. 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 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.

        1. To beat or draw (a metal object, etc.) out so as to lessen the thickness.
        2. To reduce the quality or quantity of (something); to lessen or weaken the force of (something).

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

          To reduce the quality or quantity of (something); to lessen or weaken the force of (something).

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

          Of a person: emaciated, wasted, weakened; of the body or part of it: atrophied, shrunken, withered.

          Of a quality or thing: lessened, weakened.

          Reduced to poverty; impoverished.

          second-person plural present active imperative of extenuĊ

          second-person singular voseo imperative of extenuar combined with te

          Source: wiktionary.org