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extenuative

extenuative adjective: tending to extenuate.

Adjective

extenuative (comparative more extenuative, superlative most extenuative)

  1. Tending to extenuate.

Noun

extenuative (plural extenuatives)

  1. That which extenuates.
    • I'll leave aside the implications of connecting a 'general theory of intention' with 'extenuatives', that is, excuses.2014, B. Garvey, J. L. Austin on Language

Forms of extenuative

Adjective
comparativemore extenuative
superlativemost extenuative
Noun
pluralextenuatives

Origin of extenuative

From extenuate + -ive.

Questions about extenuative

What does extenuative mean?
Extenuative means tending to extenuate.
What part of speech is extenuative?
Extenuative can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near extenuative in the dictionary

  1. extenuating circumstance
  2. extenuating circumstances
  3. extenuatingly
  4. extenuation
  5. extenuations
  6. extenuative
  7. extenuatives
  8. extenuator
  9. extenuators
  10. extenuatory
  11. exterge

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