extenuation
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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
It has always been noted in extenuation that literary satire thrives on vile bodies and that swinishness justifies a measure of pique.
From Time Magazine Archive
It must, however, be recorded in extenuation, that they were composed for the intrinsic benefit which Blake himself derived from their creation.
From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Langridge, Irene
