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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Extenuation \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: extenuation n : to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious [syn: {mitigation}, {palliation}]
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