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extenuation
[ ik-sten-yoo-ey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of extenuating.
- the state of being extenuated.
- something that extenuates; a partial excuse:
The youth of the defendant served as an extenuation.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of extenuation1
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Example Sentences
The other acknowledged the fact with some degree of reluctance, and explained, with many "buts" as an excuse in extenuation.
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In such case the defendant was empowered to plead the facts in extenuation, and also to pay money into court by way of amends.
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The object of this examination grinned a faint grin of extenuation.
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But this does injustice to these marauders of the sea, who put in a plea of extenuation.
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Their delinquency, it is true, does not cancel hers, but it offers some slight degree of extenuation.
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