adj. reducir la gravedad de (una acción o un sentimiento de culpa); parcialmente excusa o la oferta de excusas o razones para disminuir la gravedad de una acción

v. atenuar, paliar; extenuar

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atenuante

v.- atenuar | paliar | mitigar | reducir

(adj.) = atenuante, mitigador, paliativo, suavizante, suavizador.
Ex: But it may well be conjectured there were considerations of an extenuating nature.
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* extenuating circumstance = circunstancia atenuante.
* extenuating factor = factor atenuante.

(v.) = atenuar, paliar, mitigar, disminuir.
Ex: The Depression extenuated the fact that impoverished Americans were helpless in a capitalistic system that denied them any voice.