ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Extenuatory

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ɛksˈtɛnjuət(ə)ɹi/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Extenuatory is an adjective meaning Tending to extenuate or palliate.

Meaning

Tending to extenuate or palliate.

Example Sentences

Johnson has spread over Savage's character the varnish, or rather the veil, of stately diction and extenuatory phrases, but cannot prevent the observant reader from seeing that Savage was an ungrateful and insolent profligate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include extenuative, aggravative, exacerbatory, enhancive, exacerbative, extensive.

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