extenuation

Noun

Meaning

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: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mitigation palliation cause reason basis color account vindication whitewash alibi defense argument reduction answer explanation
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Antonyms

include attack charge opposition challenge dispute
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Hypernyms

alibi reduction decrease excuse diminution exculpation

Examples

Then your charitable speeches may find vent; then you may remember and pity the toil and the struggle and the failure; then you may give due honour to the work achieved; then you may find extenuation for errors, and may consent to bury them. George Eliot

Close letter words and terms

extenuating circumstance extenuating handicaps extenuatingly extenuative extenuator extenuatory