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Definitions
to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“This mightily helpeth the extenuation of members.”
“A yong man…had an extenuation for want of nourishment in his Limbs.”
“Galen commends tepid Baths for…curing all Extenuations.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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