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extenuating
adjective as in serving as an excuse
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Above all, she had true vision of Stephen Arnold, glorifying nowhere, extenuating nothing.
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The inquiry naturally occurs, Are there no extenuating circumstances to be adduced on the part of the Japanese?
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I will gladly hear any extenuating circumstances that you may give, for I am loth to believe that you are guilty of treachery.
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Ralph attempted no apology, or excused himself by extenuating circumstances.
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He alone can judge how far the cruelty of Mr. Elliot was the outcome of extenuating circumstances.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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