Summary
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- extenuation:
- extenuate:
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Wiktionary:
- extenuation → Beschönigung
- extenuate → beschönigen
English
Detailed Translations for extenuation from English to German
extenuation:
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the extenuation (smoothing-over; explaining-away)
die Beschönigung
Translation Matrix for extenuation:
| Noun | Related Translations | Other Translations |
| Beschönigung | explaining-away; extenuation; smoothing-over | excuse; smooth over |
| - | mitigation; palliation | |
| Other | Related Translations | Other Translations |
| - | mitigation |
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Wiktionary Translations for extenuation:
extenuation
noun
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Aussage, Bezeichnung, die eine Sache als besser erscheinen lässt, als sie ist
extenuation form of extenuate:
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extenuate (smooth over; excuse; palliate)
Translation Matrix for extenuate:
| Verb | Related Translations | Other Translations |
| beschönigen | excuse; extenuate; palliate; smooth over | gloss over; play down; smooth over; trivialise; trivialize |
| - | mitigate; palliate |
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extenuate
verb
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etwas als besser, schöner darstellen, als es in Wirklichkeit ist