Extenuating

Verb
extenuating

Adjective

 * 1) That lessens the seriousness of something by providing an excuse

Derived terms

 * extenuating circumstance

Thesaurus
altering, apologetic, assuasive, bounding, diminishing, excusatory, excusing, extenuative, extenuatory, justificatory, justifying, lenitive, lessening, limitative, limiting, mitigating, mitigative, mitigatory, modificatory, modifying, modulatory, palliative, qualificative, qualificatory, qualifying, refuting, rehabilitative, restricting, restrictive, softening, tempering, vindicative, vindicatory