Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EX-TEN-U-A'TION
EX-TEN-U-A'TION, n.
- The act of making thin; the process of growing thin or lean; the losing of flesh.
- The act of representing any thing less wrong, faulty or criminal than it is in fact; palliation; opposed to aggravation; as, the extenuation of faults, injuries or crimes.
- Mitigation; alleviation; as, the extenuation of punishment. [Not common.] Atterbury.
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