Meaning of EXTENUATION
| Pronunciation: | | ik`stenyoo'eyshun
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- [n] to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
- [n] 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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| | Synonyms: | | mitigation, mitigation, palliation |
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| | See Also: | | alibi, decrease, diminution, exculpation, excuse, reduction, self-justification, step-down | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ex*ten`u*a"tion\, n. [L. extenuatio: cf. F.
ext['e]nuation.]
The act of axtenuating 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.
To listen . . . to every extenuation of what is evil.
--I. Taylor.
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