extenuatory
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of extenuatory
From the Late Latin word extenuātōrius, dating back to 1800–10. See extenuate, -tory 1
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No discussion was even invited with the German ambassador over the case, and Count von Bernstorff apparently did not want to make his usual extenuatory or defensive pleas.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill
And, having given this humorous twist to his argument, he glides off into extenuatory matter.
From Sterne by H. D. (Henry Duff) Traill
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