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 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 ?
  1. The woman's troubled childhood wasn't enough to extenuate or excuse her of killing her husband.
  2. Because the court chooses to extenuate the man's crimes, it appears as if he will never have to pay for his wrongdoing.
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