EXTENUATION


Meaning of EXTENUATION in English

/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 ]

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