verb
reduce, lessen, diminish, palliate, mitigate, qualify, apologize for; see also decrease 2, excuse, palliate.
See extenuate in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To conceal or make light of a fault or offense:
To make physically thin or thinner:
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