Definition of "attenuating" []

• Present participle of attenuate. (verb)

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• ": even for the most abominable serial killer, the prevailing "culture of excuse" jumps to scrutinize the difficult childhood, the broken family, the traumas -- but Roman Polanski would be the only person in the world under judicial jurisdiction not to have the right to any kind of attenuating circumstance ..."
• "Political and religious divides now reinforce one another, rather than cutting across and thus attenuating the divisions."
• "Now, we may face problems with high level oscillations during tail-off, requiring either attenuating springs in the stack, or the use of mass dampers, both of which add mass, which cuts the thrust/mass ratio, etc., etc."