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extenuate  palliate  mitigate
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Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of WordNet 3.0
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Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc. Wiktionary
Lessen; palliate. Wiktionary (translation)
To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify. Wiktionary
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The circumstances extenuate the crime WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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