| extenuation | การบรรเทา, การลด [นิติศาสตร์ ๑๑ มี.ค. ๒๕๔๕] |
| extenuation |
| extenuation | (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 |
| extenuation | (n) to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious, Syn. mitigation, palliation |
| Extenuation | n. [ L. extenuatio: cf. F. exténuation. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] To listen . . . to every extenuation of what is evil. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ] |