Extenuation

[ɪk,stenjʊ'eɪʃən] or [ɪk'stɛnjʊ'eʃən]

解释:

(noun.) to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious.

(noun.) a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances.

黛拉校对--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment.

休伯特校对

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Diminution, abatement, mitigation.[2]. Palliation, excuse, apology.

校对:索尼亚