Extenuation: Synonyms in English

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extenuation:
- extenuation; smoothing-over; explaining-away; mitigation; palliation
- mitigation; extenuation
extenuate:
- extenuate; excuse; palliate; smooth over; mitigate

English

Detailed Synonyms for extenuation in English

the extenuation
the extenuation; the smoothing-over; the explaining-away
- extenuation [the ~] noun
- smoothing-over [the ~] noun
- explaining-away [the ~] noun
the extenuation

– to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious ¹
the mitigation; the extenuation; the palliation
– to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious ¹
- mitigation [the ~] noun
- extenuation [the ~] noun
- palliation [the ~] noun
the extenuation

– a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances ¹
the mitigation; the extenuation
– a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances ¹
- mitigation [the ~] noun
- extenuation [the ~] noun

to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious¹
a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances¹

lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of¹
- The circumstances extenuate the crime¹