extenuation

[ ik-sten-yoo-ey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act of extenuating.

  2. the state of being extenuated.

  1. something that extenuates; a partial excuse: The youth of the defendant served as an extenuation.

Origin of extenuation

1
1375–1425; late Middle English extenuacioun<Latin extenuātiōn- (stem of extenuātiō). See extenuate, -ion

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