| slovo | definícia |
extenuation
(encz) | extenuation,zeslabení n: Zdeněk Brož |
extenuation
(encz) | extenuation,zmírnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
Extenuation
(gcide) | Extenuation \Ex*ten`u*a"tion\, n. [L. extenuatio: cf. F.
ext['e]nuation.]
The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the
act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating;
diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime;
mitigation, as of punishment.
[1913 Webster]
To listen . . . to every extenuation of what is evil.
--I. Taylor.
[1913 Webster] |
extenuation
(wn) | extenuation
n 1: a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to
represent an offense as less serious than it appears by
showing mitigating circumstances [syn: extenuation,
mitigation]
2: to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less
serious [syn: extenuation, mitigation, palliation] |
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extenuation
(encz) | extenuation,zeslabení n: Zdeněk Brožextenuation,zmírnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
extenuation
(wn) | extenuation
n 1: a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to
represent an offense as less serious than it appears by
showing mitigating circumstances [syn: extenuation,
mitigation]
2: to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less
serious [syn: extenuation, mitigation, palliation] |
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