/ik sten'yooh ay"sheuhn/ , n.
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.
[ 1375-1425; late ME extenuacioun extenuation- (s. of extenuatio ). See EXTENUATE, -ION ]