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- EXTENUATING Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of EXTENUATING is tending to lessen the real or apparent seriousness of something (such as a crime, offense, or fault) : providing a partial justification or excuse for something —usually used in the phrase extenuating circumstances
- EXTENUATING Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
adjective serving to make a fault, offense, etc , appear less serious The judge gave him a comparatively mild sentence due to extenuating circumstances
- EXTENUATING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
EXTENUATING definition: 1 causing a wrong act to be judged less seriously by giving reasons for it: 2 causing a wrong… Learn more
- Extenuating - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
Extenuating means "making forgivable " The adjective extenuating is unusual because it's almost always used with the word circumstances; the phrase extenuating circumstances describes the specific reasons that excuse or justify someone's actions
- EXTENUATING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you say that there are extenuating circumstances for a bad situation or wrong action, you mean that there are reasons or factors which partly excuse it The defendants admitted their guilt, but insisted that there were extenuating circumstances Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
- extenuating adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . .
Definition of extenuating adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary showing reasons why a wrong or illegal act, or a bad situation, should be judged less seriously or excused There were extenuating circumstances and the defendant did not receive a prison sentence
- EXTENUATE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Extenuate is most familiar in the phrase “ extenuating circumstances,” which refers to situations or facts that provide a partial justification or excuse for something
- Extenuating Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
— used to describe something (such as an unusual situation) that makes something (such as a crime or a mistake) seem less serious or deserving of blame — usually used in the phrase extenuating circumstances
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