1. 動詞
   extenuate第三者單數現在式:
   及物動詞:
   為...(錯誤行為等)辯解
   掩飾...(壞事等)
   減輕...(罪過等)
   減弱...(事物)
   

   同義字詞
   excuse,explain away,gloss (over),gloze (over),palliate,whitewash
   

例句

1. Thus to persist In doing wrong extenuates not wrong, But makes it much more heavy.
2. This results in overclosure of the mandible (collapse of the jaws), which extenuates the angular
3. Other disorders may cause lip enlargement (e.g. orofacial granulomatosis), which alters the local anatomy and extenuates the skin folds at the corners of the mouth.
4. Indication of the different syrups " When you fear, then, the weakness of the nature strength and the acrimony of mood, you will use cold syrups, pursuant to the foregoing prescriptions and, to the contrary, you will always prescribe, with Hippocrates and Galen, the extenuates and incidents when you wanted to make fluids in the bodies. " (p. 448)