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extenuation

[ ik-sten-yoo-ey-shuhn ]

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.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of extenuation1

1375–1425; late Middle English extenuacioun < Latin ±ð³æ³Ù±ð²Ô³ÜÄå³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ±ð³æ³Ù±ð²Ô³ÜÄå³Ù¾±Å ). See extenuate, -ion
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In extenuation of himself, he says “no one anticipated†today’s facts: worldwide energy shortages and an unusually cold winter forecast.

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This extenuation circumstance policy extension is also in addition to Airbnb’s more flexible reservation terms it introduced earlier this week.

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Despite the extenuation of injuries, the Nats have fielded miserably, run the bases in sleep masks and made fundamentals cry “uncle.â€

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Some say in extenuation of Ryan’s behavior that if he could not embrace Trump, he could not continue as speaker.

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They were to be used as an underline or extenuation of the feelings he would have for something.

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