extenuation
noun[CorU]
formaluk/ɪkˌsten.juˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ɪkˌsten.juˈeɪ.ʃən/thefactofjudgingawrongactlessseriouslyby givingreasonsfor it:
提供理由减轻过错；藉词开脱Herpleaofignoranceof thelawinextenuationof(= as anexcusefor)hercrimewas notaccepted.她以不懂法律为由提出从轻量罪的请求未被接受。
Noexcusesor extenuations areneeded.不需要任何借口或轻判理由。
See
extenuate
- Iclaim, in extenuation, someprecedents.
- After all, she told herself in extenuation, this was the first thing she hadeverdone topleaseherself.
- Iplead, by way of extenuation, that Itrytopresentenoughinformationforreaderstoreachtheirownconclusions.
Reasons and explanations
- alibi
- amplification
- apology
- argumentation
- ascribesomethingtosomething
- ascription
- ascriptive
- case
- definition
- explication
- exposition
- extenuating
- flack
- idea
- key
- mitigation
- reason
- talk
- warrant
- wherefores