| 单词 | extenuation |
| 释义 | extenuation (once / 9359 pages) n WORD FAMILY extenuation: extenuations+/extenuate: extenuated, extenuates, extenuating, extenuation/extenuating: extenuatingly USAGE EXAMPLESSome say in extenuation of Ryan’s behavior that if he could not embrace Trump, he could not continue as speaker. Washington Post(Jun 06, 2016) They were to be used as an underline or extenuation of the feelings he would have for something. Time(Mar 29, 2016) Asked about it, he dodged and weaved, searching for extenuation. Washington Post(Mar 17, 2016) 1n a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances Syn|Hyper mitigation alibi, exculpation, excuse, self-justification a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. 2n to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious Syn|Hyper mitigation, palliation decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down the act of decreasing or reducing something |
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