extenuation
英 [ɪk,stenjʊ'eɪʃən]
美[ɪk'stɛnjʊ'eʃən]
英英释意
- 1. a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
- 2. to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious