Related Words for extenuate

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mitigate
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Verb, Verb
ameliorate
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Verb
diminish
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Verb
accentuate
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Verb
obviate
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Verb
reduce
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Verb
minimize
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Verb
attenuate
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Verb
aggravate
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Verb
lessen
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Verb
exaggerate
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Verb
exacerbate
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Verb
baseness
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Noun
conceal
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Verb
vitiate
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Verb
vindicate
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Verb
dramatize
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Verb
enhance
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Verb
alleviate
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Verb
reprove
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Verb
downplay
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Verb
malignity
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Noun
suppress
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Verb
efface
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Verb
derogate
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Verb
shew
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Verb
insinuate
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Verb
irremediable
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Adjective
gratify
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Verb
impute
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Verb
elucidate
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Verb
amplify
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Verb
feebleness
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Noun
negate
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Verb
rectify
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Verb
glorify
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Verb
implicate
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Verb
magnify
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Verb
militate
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Verb
justify
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Verb
eliminate
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Verb
abate
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Noun
trifling
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Adjective
minimise
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Verb
exonerate
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Verb
cause
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Noun
counteract
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Verb
flatter
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Verb
interpose
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Verb
dilute
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Adjective
expended
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Verb
alienate
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Verb
sear
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Noun
butchered
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Verb
intended
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Verb
extort
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Verb
evacuated
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Verb
barbarity
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Noun
sharp
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Adjective
endeavouring
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Verb
guilt
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Noun
faults
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Noun
excuse
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Verb
offence
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Noun
plea
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Noun
crime
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Noun
conduct
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Noun
offense
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Noun
sin
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Noun
largely
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Adverb
deny
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Verb
wish
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Noun
nothing
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Noun
sounds
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Noun
errors
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Noun
set
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Verb
attempted
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Verb
inclined
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Verb
matter
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Noun
seek
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Verb
speak
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Verb
circumstances
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Noun
responsibility
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Noun
explain
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Verb
die
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Verb, Noun
fall
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Verb, Noun
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
backwater
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Noun, Verb
save
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Verb, Noun
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
get
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Verb, Noun
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
milestone
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Noun, Verb
gloss
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Noun, Verb
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective
tell
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Verb, Noun