extenuation
Example Sentences
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Asked about it, he dodged and weaved, searching for extenuation.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2016
Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein appears to offer some extenuation when she reminds us in the report’s preamble of the shock and “pervasive fear” felt after 9/11.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2014
Committee chair Dianne Feinstein appears to offer some extenuation when she reminds us in the report's preamble of the shock and "pervasive fear" felt after 9/11.
From Chicago Tribune ● Dec. 11, 2014
Even then, some reporters' questions suggested that, if Weiner's conduct could be defined as an illness, some further extenuation might be available.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2013
What can we, in extenuation, ascribe to recklessness, what to ignorance?
From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Hamlin, Augustus C.
