
1) Alibi 2) Exculpation 3) Excuse 4) Mitigation 5) Partial excuse 6) Self-justification 7) Something that extenuates 8) The act of extenuating 9) The state of being extenuated
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1) Mitigation
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• (n.) 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.
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Ex·ten`u·a'tion noun [ Latin
extenuatio : confer French
exténuation .] 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 liste...
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[
n] - a partial excuse to mitigate censure 2. [n] - to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
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mitigation noun to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
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the act of extenuating. · the state of being extenuated. · something that extenuates; a partial excuse: The youth of the defendant served as an extenuation.
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a partial excuse to mitigate censure
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