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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to <i>aggravate</i>.</def>

<blockquote>But fortune there <b>extenuates</b> the crime. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Let us <b>extenuate</b>, conceal, adorn the unpleasing reality. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To lower or degrade; to detract from.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Who can <b>extenuate</b> thee? <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To palliate; to mitigate. See <er>Palliate</er>.</syn>

<h1>Extenuate</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*ten"u*ate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Extenuate</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*ten"u*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>extenuatus</ets>, p. p.]</ety> <def>Thin; slender.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Huloet.</i>

<h1>Extenuation</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*ten`u*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>extenuatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ext\'82nuation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment.</def>

<blockquote>To listen . . . to every <b>extenuation</b> of what is evil. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Extenuator</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*ten"u*a`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who extenuates.</def>

<h1>Extenuatory</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*ten"u*a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>extenuatorius</ets> attenuating.]</ety> <def>Tending to extenuate or palliate.</def>

<i>Croker.</i>

<h1>Exterior</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*te"ri*or</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exterior</ets>, compar. of <ets>exter</ets> or <ets>exterus</ets> on the outside, outward, foreign, strange, a compar. fr. <ets>ex</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ext\'82rieur</ets>. See <er>Ex<?/</er>, and cf. <er>Extreme</er>, <er>Interior</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to <i>interior</i>; <as>as, the <ex>exterior</ex> part of a sphere</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Sith nor the <b>exterior</b> nor the inward man Resemble that it was. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>External; on the outside; without the limits of; extrinsic; <as>as, an object <ex>exterior</ex> to a man, opposed to what is within, or in his mind</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Without <b>exterior</b> help sustained. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Relating to foreign nations; foreign; <as>as, the <ex>exterior</ex> relations of a state or kingdom</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Exterior angle</col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>the angle included between any side of a triangle or polygon and the prolongation of the adjacent side; also, an angle included between a line crossing two parallel lines and either of the latter on the outside.</cd> -- <col>Exterior side</col> <fld>(Fort.)</fld>, <cd>the side of the polygon upon which a front of fortification is formed.</cd></cs>

<i>Wilhelm.</i>