Extenuation (Noun)
Meaning 1
To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 2
A partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.