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extenuation

/ik-sten-yoo-ey-shuhn/US // ɪkˌstɛn yuˈeɪ ʃən //

延伸,延伸性,扩音,延长

Related Words

explanation解释,说明,解说,解读justification理由,理由是,辩解,解释apology道歉,歉意,致歉,道歉信vindication平反,平反昭雪,平反昭彰,平反昭示diminution缩减,缩水,减弱,减少abatement消减,减排,减免,减轻mitigation缓解,减轻,减缓,减轻影响

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of extenuating.
    • : the state of being extenuated.
    • : something that extenuates; a partial excuse: The youth of the defendant served as an extenuation.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounan excuse
Synonyms
apology道歉,歉意,致歉,道歉信explanation解释,说明,解说,解读justification理由,理由是,辩解,解释vindication平反,平反昭雪,平反昭彰,平反昭示
nounreduction
Synonyms
abatement消减,减排,减免,减轻diminution缩减,缩水,减弱,减少mitigation缓解,减轻,减缓,减轻影响

Examples

  • The other acknowledged the fact with some degree of reluctance, and explained, with many "buts" as an excuse in extenuation.

  • In such case the defendant was empowered to plead the facts in extenuation, and also to pay money into court by way of amends.

  • The object of this examination grinned a faint grin of extenuation.

  • But this does injustice to these marauders of the sea, who put in a plea of extenuation.

  • Their delinquency, it is true, does not cancel hers, but it offers some slight degree of extenuation.

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