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extenuation

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ex⋅ten⋅u⋅a⋅tion

  [ik-sten-yoo-ey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of extenuating.
2. the state of being extenuated.
3. something that extenuates; a partial excuse: The youth of the defendant served as an extenuation.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME extenuacioun < L extenuātiōn- (s. of extenuātiō). See extenuate, -ion
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ex·ten·u·a·tion   (ĭk-stěn'yōō-ā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act of extenuating or the condition of being extenuated; partial justification.

  2. A partial excuse.

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