- 1. 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances Source: wordnet
- 3. n. to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious Source: wordnet
- 4. 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. Source: webster
- 5. The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; theact of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing,or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as ofpunishment.To listen . . . to every extenuation of what is evil. I. Taylor. Source: adambom
- 6. n. a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances n. to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious Source: ecdict
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