Cause and Extenuation

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.

Extenuation and cause are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Extenuation" instead a noun "Cause".

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

Extenuation noun - A partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances.

Cause and extenuation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead a noun "Extenuation".

Nearby Words: extenuate, extenuated, extenuating