extenuatory

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No discussion was even invited with the German ambassador over the case, and Count von Bernstorff apparently did not want to make his usual extenuatory or defensive pleas.

From Project Gutenberg

And, having given this humorous twist to his argument, he glides off into extenuatory matter.

From Project Gutenberg