extenuating

1. 1.

   partially excusing or justifying

   “extenuating circumstances”

   Similarexculpatory

Questions about extenuating

What does extenuating mean?

extenuating means "partially excusing or justifying".

How many syllables are in extenuating?

extenuating has 5 syllables: ex-ten-u-a-ting. The stress falls on "ten". In IPA it is /ɪkˈstɛnjuˌeɪtɪŋ/.

Is extenuating a common word?

extenuating is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with extenuating?

20 words rhyme with extenuating. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.