extenuation
11extenuation — /ik sten yooh ay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of extenuating. 2. the state of being extenuated. 3. something that extenuates; a partial excuse: The youth of the defendant served as an extenuation. [1375 1425; late ME extenuacioun < L extenuation (s. of …
12EXTÉNUATION — n. f. Action d’exténuer ou Résultat de cette action. Il se dit particulièrement de l’Affaiblissement des forces physiques. Il est dans un état de grande exténuation …
13extenuation — extenuate ► VERB 1) (usu. as adj. extenuating) lessen the seriousness of (an offence) by referring to a factor that helps excuse it. 2) (extenuated) literary thin. DERIVATIVES extenuation noun extenuatory adjective. ORIGIN …
14extenuation — noun Date: circa 1543 1. the act of extenuating or state of being extenuated; especially partial justification 2. something extenuating; especially a partial excuse …
15extenuation — noun 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 …
16extenuation — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An excuse] Syn. apology, vindication, justification; see explanation 2 , justification . 2. [Reduction] Syn. diminution, abatement, mitigation; see reduction 1 …
17extenuation — ex·ten·u·a·tion || ek‚stenjÊŠ eɪʃn n. offering of excuses or reasons to lessen the seriousness of an action …
18extenuation — n. 1. Diminution, abatement, mitigation. 2. Palliation, excuse, apology …
19extenuation — n mitigation, palliation, tempering, softening, gloss, playing down; varnish, whitewash, coverup; underestimation, downgrading; explanation, interpretation, rationalization …
20extenuation — ex·ten·u·a·tion …
