extenuatory
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/ɛksˈtɛnjuət(ə)ɹi/
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/ɛksˈtɛnjuət(ə)ɹi/ · /ɛksˈtɛnjuəˌtɔɹi/
Definition of extenuatory
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Tending to extenuate or palliate.
“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.”
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Etymology
Compare Latin extenuātōrius (“attenuating”).
Words you can make from extenuatory
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4 words7-letter words
11 words6-letter words
50 words- EUTAXY 16 pts
- NOYAUX 16 pts
- EXEUNT 13 pts
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5-letter words
81 words- OXEYE 15 pts
- AXONE 12 pts
- EXERT 12 pts
- EXTRA 12 pts
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4-letter words
52 words- ONYX 14 pts
- ORYX 14 pts
- AXON 11 pts
- EAUX 11 pts
- EXON 11 pts
- NEXT 11 pts
- OXEN 11 pts
- OXER 11 pts
- ROUX 11 pts
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- NEAR 4 pts
- NEAT 4 pts
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- NOTA 4 pts
- NOTE 4 pts
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- TARN 4 pts
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