• The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; theact of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing,or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as ofpunishment.To listen . . . to every extenuation of what is evil. I. Taylor.


    Extenuation meaning & definition 1 of Extenuation.


  • the fact of judging a wrong act less seriously by giving reasons for it:

    Extenuation meaning & definition 2 of Extenuation.


  • The action of lessening the seriousness of guilt or an offense.

    Extenuation meaning & definition 3 of Extenuation.

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