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Webster 1913 Edition
Extenuation
Ex-tenˊu-a′tion
,Noun.
[L.
extenuatio
: cf. F. exténuation
.] 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.
To listen . . . to every
extenuation
of what is evil. I. Taylor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Extenuation
EXTENUA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act representing any thing less wrong, faulty or criminal than it is in fact; palliation; opposed to aggravation; as the extenuation of faults, injuries or crimes.2.
Mitigation; alleviation; as the extenuation of punishment.[Not common.]