Plural of extenuation; multiple excuses, explanations, or circumstances that reduce the apparent severity of wrongdoing.
Regular plural of extenuation, formed with the -s suffix. Multiple instances or types of extenuation are now counted and discussed.
A defendant's lawyer presents multiple 'extenuations' to the court—a troubled childhood, mental illness, provocation—each one theoretically 'thinning' the moral weight of their crime.
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