Definitions for: Extenuation


[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



Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: mitigation, mitigation, palliation

See Also: alibi, decrease, diminution, exculpation, excuse, reduction, self-justification, step-down

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