extenuation

Example Sentences

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In extenuation of himself, he says “no one anticipated” today’s facts: worldwide energy shortages and an unusually cold winter forecast.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2021

Committee chair Dianne Feinstein appears to offer some extenuation when she reminds us in the report's preamble of the shock and "pervasive fear" felt after 9/11.

From Chicago Tribune • Dec. 11, 2014

Even then, some reporters' questions suggested that, if Weiner's conduct could be defined as an illness, some further extenuation might be available.

From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2013

Or, as used to be said in extenuation of strong leaders, “to make the trains run on time.”

From Washington Post

What is urged in extenuation of the grossness of the Scripture is really applicable all round—to its mythology, its legends, its religion, its philosophy, its ethics, and its poetry.

From The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism by Foote, G. W. (George William)