extenuation.
The action of extenuating; extenuated condition.
Meaning & usage
The action of extenuating; extenuated condition. The action or process of making or becoming thin; an instance of this; a shrunken condition; leanness, emaciation.
The action of extenuating; extenuated condition. Making less dense; rarefaction.
The action of extenuating; extenuated condition. The action or process of making slender or diminishing in bulk; an instance of this.
The action of extenuating; extenuated condition. The action of making less or weak; and instance of this; a weakening, impoverishment. Also, mitigation (of blame or punishment).
The action of extenuating; extenuated condition. The action of representing (something) as slight and trifling; underrating; an instance of this, a plea to this end; a modification in terms.
The action of extenuating; extenuated condition. The action of representing (something) as slight and trifling; underrating; an instance of this, a plea to this end; a modification in terms. A figure in which a term is used which, in contrast with the more fitting term it supplants, understates or seeks to diminish the significance of something.
The action of extenuating; extenuated condition. The action of lessening, or seeking to lessen, the guilt of (an offence or fault) by alleging partial excuses; and instance or means of doing this; a plea in mitigation of censure.
The action of extenuating; extenuated condition. Thin garments.
Where this word comes from
An adaptation of extenuātiōn-, the oblique stem of the Latin extenuātiō (“a thinning or diminishing”, “rarefaction”; rhetoric “a lessening”, “diminution”, “extenuation”), noun of action from extenuō (“to thin, reduce, or diminish”). Equivalent to extenuate + -ion. Compare the French exténuation.
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