Thesaurus / extenuation
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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to extenuation, such as: apology, explanation, justification, and vindication.
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The other acknowledged the fact with some degree of reluctance, and explained, with many "buts" as an excuse in extenuation.
THE CONDITION, ELEVATION, EMIGRATION, AND DESTINY OF THE COLORED PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATESMARTIN R. DELANYIn such case the defendant was empowered to plead the facts in extenuation, and also to pay money into court by way of amends.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.III.E. FARR AND E. H. NOLANThe object of this examination grinned a faint grin of extenuation.
FROM PLACE TO PLACEIRVIN S. COBBBut this does injustice to these marauders of the sea, who put in a plea of extenuation.
THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANSZACHARY F. SMITHTheir delinquency, it is true, does not cancel hers, but it offers some slight degree of extenuation.
THE SHEEPFOLD AND THE COMMON, VOL. II (OF 2)TIMOTHY EASTHe hesitated a moment as though seeking for words of explanation and extenuation that were not in his regular vocabulary.
THE ESCAPE OF MR. TRIMMIRVIN S. COBBI think this is all the justice that can be expected from her; and how poor an extenuation would this make of his guilt!
MEMOIRS OF MISS SIDNEY BIDDULPHFRANCES SHERIDANYou find yourself offering, in extenuation of his sins, confession of your own offenses.
IN NEW ENGLAND FIELDS AND WOODSROWLAND E. ROBINSONHe could hear Zaidees gentle little voice repeating her mothers perfunctory extenuation: Poor daddys nervous; come away, Redge!
THE WAYFARERSMARY STEWART CUTTINGThere is one thing to be said in extenuation, that a steeple is never still, but always rocking and trembling.
CAREERS OF DANGER AND DARINGCLEVELAND MOFFETTWORDS RELATED TO EXTENUATION
- alibi
- apology
- cleanup
- come-off
- cop-out
- cover
- cover story
- coverup
- defense
- disguise
- evasion
- expedient
- extenuation
- fish story
- grounds
- jive
- justification
- makeshift
- mitigation
- plea
- pretext
- rationalization
- regrets
- routine
- semblance
- shift
- song
- song and dance
- stall
- stopgap
- story
- substitute
- subterfuge
- trick
- vindication
- whitewash
- why and wherefore
- alibis
- apologies
- cleanups
- cop-outs
- cover stories
- covers
- coverups
- defenses
- disguises
- evasions
- expedients
- extenuations
- fish stories
- grounds
- jive
- justifications
- makeshifts
- mitigations
- pleas
- pretexts
- rationalizations
- regrets
- routines
- semblances
- shifts
- song and dances
- songs
- stalls
- stopgaps
- stories
- substitutes
- subterfuges
- tricks
- vindication
- whitewash
- why and wherefores
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.