extenuation   (Sound)

The extenuation has 2 Senses.

• extenuation, mitigation
• 仮借
• a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
• 非難を和らげる部分的な弁解

• extenuation, mitigation, palliation
• 仮借
• to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
• 犯罪をさほど重大でないように見せるような行為