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    ex·ten·u·a·tion
    /ikˌstenyəˈwāSH(ə)n/

    noun

    • 1. the action of lessening the seriousness of guilt or an offense: "no plea could be urged in extenuation of their crime"
    • 2. the process of making someone or something thin: literary "his long wings beat slow, steady beats, as if accentuating the extenuation of the bird"

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