Extenuation

Language: English
Pronunciation: ex-ten-u-ation
Part of Speech: noun

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"a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances"

"to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious"

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