Extenuation

Definition:

• (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.

Compare extenuation with other words:

excuser vs. extenuation

extenuation vs. mitigation

extenuation vs. lessen

extenuation vs. palliation

diminish vs. extenuation

extenuation vs. lean

extenuation vs. slender

extenuate vs. extenuation