extenuation

[ ik-sten-yoo-ey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of extenuating.
2. the state of being extenuated.
3. something that extenuates; a partial excuse:

   The youth of the defendant served as an extenuation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of extenuation¹

1375–1425; late Middle English extenuacioun < Latin extenuātiōn- (stem of extenuātiō ). See extenuate, -ion

Example Sentences

In extenuation of himself, he says “no one anticipated” today’s facts: worldwide energy shortages and an unusually cold winter forecast.

From Washington Post

This extenuation circumstance policy extension is also in addition to Airbnb’s more flexible reservation terms it introduced earlier this week.

From The Verge

Despite the extenuation of injuries, the Nats have fielded miserably, run the bases in sleep masks and made fundamentals cry “uncle.”

From Washington Post

Some say in extenuation of Ryan’s behavior that if he could not embrace Trump, he could not continue as speaker.

From Washington Post

They were to be used as an underline or extenuation of the feelings he would have for something.

From Time