Extenuation
Extenuation noun - A partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances.
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Synonyms for Extenuation
Mitigating circumstances and extenuation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mitigating circumstances" instead a noun "Extenuation".
Mitigating circumstances
Extenuation and mitigating circumstances are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Extenuation" instead a noun phrase "Mitigating circumstances".
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Related pairs
- reason and extenuation
- reason and mitigating circumstances
- excuse and extenuation
- excuse and mitigating circumstances
- grounds and extenuation
- grounds and mitigating circumstances
- explanation and extenuation
- explanation and mitigating circumstances
- justification and extenuation
- justification and mitigating circumstances
- plea and extenuation
- plea and mitigating circumstances
- qualification and extenuation
- qualification and mitigating circumstances
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Mitigating circumstances and Extenuation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/extenuation/mitigating_circumstances
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