Hyphenation of extenuating

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word extenuating? This word can be hyphenated and contains 5 syllables as shown below.

ex-ten-u-at-ing

Definitions of extenuating:

1.	Partially excusing or justifying Extenuating circumstances

Synonyms of extenuating:

adj	exculpatory

Last hyphenations of this language

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