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extenuative

adj

Etymology

From extenuate + -ive.

  1. derived from *tenh₂-✻ — “to extend, stretch; thin”
  2. derived from extenuātus — “diminished, reduced, thinned”
  3. inherited from extenuat — “(medicine) made thin, emaciated”
  4. suffixed as extenuative — “extenuate + ive”

Definitions

  1. Tending to extenuate.

  2. That which extenuates.

    • I'll leave aside the implications of connecting a 'general theory of intention' with 'extenuatives', that is, excuses.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA