extenuation
/ik.stenju'eiʃәn/
📖 中文释义
- n. 酌情减轻, 减轻
- [医] 减轻, 减量, 细小, 消瘦
🔗 释义中的汉语词
📘 English Definition（英文释义）
- n. a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
- n. to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious