EXTENUATION

extenuation. Extenuation, n. a mitigation, a paliation

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Ex‐ten′u‐a″tion (?), n. [[L. extenuatio: cf. F. 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 listen . . . to every extenuation of what is evil. I. Taylor.