What Do Extenuation Mean?
Transitive Verb. 1: to Lessen or to Try to Lessen the Seriousness or Extent of (Something, Such as a Fault or Offense) by Making Partial Excuses: Mitigate...
transitive verb. 1 : to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate There is no economic analysis that can extenuate bigotry.—
Is extenuation a word?
the act of extenuating. the state of being extenuated. something that extenuates; a partial excuse: The youth of the defendant served as an extenuation.
How do you use extenuate in a sentence?
Extenuate in a Sentence ?
- The woman's troubled childhood wasn't enough to extenuate or excuse her of killing her husband.
- Because the court chooses to extenuate the man's crimes, it appears as if he will never have to pay for his wrongdoing.