Extenuate: translate English

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Detailed Translations for extenuate from English to French

extenuate (smooth over; excuse; palliate)
pardonner; excuser
- pardonner verb (pardonne, pardonnes, pardonnons, pardonnez, pardonnent, pardonnais, pardonnait, pardonnions, pardonniez, pardonnaient, pardonnai, pardonnas, pardonna, pardonnâmes, pardonnâtes, pardonnèrent, pardonnerai, pardonneras, pardonnera, pardonnerons, pardonnerez, pardonneront)
- excuser verb (excuse, excuses, excusons, excusez, excusent, excusais, excusait, excusions, excusiez, excusaient, excusai, excusas, excusa, excusâmes, excusâtes, excusèrent, excuserai, excuseras, excusera, excuserons, excuserez, excuseront)

Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
excuser	excuse; extenuate; palliate; smooth over	answer for; excuse; explain away; forgive; give away; gloss over; justify; misdeal; pardon; play down; smooth over; trivialise; trivialize
pardonner	excuse; extenuate; palliate; smooth over	excuse; forgive; give away; misdeal; pardon
-	mitigate; palliate

lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of¹
- The circumstances extenuate the crime¹

extenuate

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Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• extenuate	→ embellir; farder; pallier	↔ beschönigen — etwas als besser, schöner darstellen, als es in Wirklichkeit ist