a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
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extenuation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mitigation |
| Type of | alibi, exculpation, excuse, self-justification |
| Derivation | extenuate |
extenuation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mitigation, palliation |
| Type of | step-down, decrease, diminution, reduction |
| Derivation | extenuate |
Examples of extenuation
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Scammell does his best to plead extenuation here, but is obviously uncomfortable.
From the theatlantic.com
If there is mitigation or extenuation, vets should be no different.
From the battleland.blogs.time.com
All that, and more, may reasonably be pleaded in extenuation and Mr Kamen does so convincingly.
From the economist.com
Then I would have explained mitigation and extenuation.
From the economist.com
This contextual analysis of Wright's venom, this extenuation of black hate speech as a product of white racism, is not new.
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Was there ever really a time where people's word was their bond and the business they run was an extenuation of their character.
From the economist.com
It has always been noted in extenuation that literary satire thrives on vile bodies and that swinishness justifies a measure of pique.
From the time.com
If extenuation circumstances such as financial aid funds cause a student not to matriculate, there is no way to differentiate that in the current ranking process.
From the thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com
In 1792, he published some constitutional observations in extenuation of the king's actions, which, in the circumstances of the time, would have taken some courage.
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- A partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
- To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
- (extenuate) lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"
- (extenuating) partially excusing or justifying; "extenuating circumstances"
- The act of extenuating 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
- (extenuate) To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness; 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 aggravate; To lower or degrade; to detract from
- (extenuating) That lessens the seriousness of something by providing an excuse
- (extenuate) (v) to treat as less serious or important than is apparent; mitigate
- (extenuate) to reduce strength of
