Defenition of the word extenuation

• Defenition of the word extenuation

  • to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
  • a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances

Synonyms for the word extenuation

• • mitigation
  • palliation

Hypernyms for the word extenuation

• • alibi
  • decrease
  • diminution
  • exculpation
  • excuse
  • reduction
  • self-justification
  • step-down

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• • What is extensile
  • The definition of extend oneself
  • The interpretation of the word extendable
  • What is meant by extendible
  • The lexical meaning slow time scale
  • The dictionary meaning of the word extended time scale
  • The grammatical meaning of the word extended order
  • Meaning of the word extended family
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word extemporisation
  • The origin of the word exteriorize
  • Synonym for the word bring outside
  • Antonyms for the word externalize
  • Homonyms for the word externalise
  • Hyponyms for the word exterior angle
  • Holonyms for the word external angle
  • Hypernyms for the word exterior door
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word outside door
  • Translation of the word in other languages exterminable