Crossword clues for extenuation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Extenuation \Ex*ten`u*a"tion\, n. [L. extenuatio: cf. F. ext['e]nuation.] The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment.
To listen . . . to every extenuation of what is evil.
--I. Taylor.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from Latin extenuationem (nominative extenuatio) "a lessening, diminution," noun of action from past participle stem of extenuare "lessen, reduce, diminish" (see extenuate).
Wiktionary
n. 1 (lb en countable and uncountable) The (l/en: action) of (l/en extenuate extenuating); (l/en: extenuated) (l/en: condition). 2 # The action or (l/en: process) of making or becoming (l/en: thin); an (l/en: instance) of this; a (l/en: shrunken) condition; (l/en: leanness), (l/en: emaciation). 3 # (lb en of air obsolete) Making less (l/en: dense); (l/en: rarefaction). 4 # (lb en obsolete) The action or process of making (l/en: slender) or (l/en diminish diminishing) in (l/en: bulk); an instance of this. 5 # (lb en obsolete) The action of making (l/en: less) or (l/en: weak); and instance of this; a (l/en weaken weakening), (l/en: impoverishment). (non-gloss definition Also, English) (l/en: mitigation) (of (l/en: blame) or (l/en: punishment)). 6 # The action of (l/en represent representing) (something) as (l/en: slight) and (l/en: trifling); (l/en underrate underrating); an instance of this, a (l/en: plea) to this (l/en: end); a (l/en: modification) in (l/en term terms). 7 ## (lb en rhetoric obsolete) A (l/en: figure) in which a term is used which, in (l/en: contrast) with the more (l/en: fitting) term it (l/en supplant supplants), (l/en understate understates) or seeks to diminish the (l/en: significance) of something. 8 ##* '''1589''', Puttenham, ''Eng. Poesie'' iii. xix. (Arb.), page 227: 9 ##*: We call him the Disabler or figure of '''Extenuation'''. 10 ##* '''1657''', J. Smith, ''Myst. Rhet.'', page 56: 11 ##*: When for '''extenuation''' sake we use a lighter and more easie word or terme then the matter requires. 12 ##* '''1706''', ''in'' Phillips 13 ##* '''1823''', ''in'' Crabb, ''Technol. Dict.'' 14 # The action of (l/en lessen lessening), or seeking to lessen, the (l/en: guilt) of (an (l/en: offence) or (l/en: fault)) by (l/en allege alleging) partial (l/en excuse excuses); and instance or (l/en: means) of doing this; a plea in mitigation of (l/en: censure). 15 # {{lb|en|US|humorous|in the plural as “(l/en: extenuations)”}} Thin (l/en garment garments).
WordNet
n. a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances [syn: mitigation]
to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious [syn: mitigation, palliation]
Usage examples of "extenuation".
Corva, asked me if I would like to make a sworn statement in extenuation or mitigation on my own behalf, I told him I could think of no extenuating or mitigating circumstances that I could swear to.
You have the right, at this time, to suggest witnesses who may provide you with statements of defense, extenuation, or mitigation.
In cases of war-related massacres, investigators tend to overlook motive because motive, in the hands of the defense, becomes extenuation and mitigation.
You may, however, make a statement either sworn or unsworn and present anything you may desire, either in defense, extenuation, or mitigation.
A few minutes ago Gilmer told you that you could present evidence in extenuation or mitigation.
But in the interests of fairness and justice, I would like to explain the meaning of extenuation and mitigation as it relates to this hearing.
That is a statement in defense, extenuation, and mitigation, all in one.
I have been exceedingly patient, listening intently for anything that sounds like it might be extenuation or mitigation for the offence of which Lieutenant Tyson has been convicted.
Benjamin Tyson, you are advised that you may now present testimony in extenuation or mitigation of the offense of which you stand convicted.
In addition, you may, if you wish, make an unsworn statement in mitigation or extenuation of the offense of which you stand convicted.
I make here in extenuation and mitigation could only be construed as a self-serving one.
Fenayrou, for whose conduct the jury could find no extenuation, was condemned to death.
Her kind feminine fancy conjured up every possible extenuation of his dire offence.
If in defence or in extenuation of the policy of the majority it shall be said that the United States has not remonetized silver, and that, therefore, the policy of the majority has not been tested, a partial rejoinder, if not, indeed, a satisfactory reply, may be deduced from the facts that between the years 1878 and the year 1893 the Government coined more than 400,000,000 silver dollars, and yet, in that period of time, silver bullion fell from 1.
Colonel Long did, but it must be remembered in extenuation that he shared with others the idea that the Boers were up on the hills, and had no inkling that their front trenches were down at the river.