extenuation

UK /ɪksˌtɛnjʊˈeɪʃən/ US /ɪksˌtɛnjʊˈeɪʃən/
noun 5

Definitions

noun

1

The action of extenuating; extenuated condition.

This mightily helpeth the extenuation of members.

A yong man…had an extenuation for want of nourishment in his Limbs.

2

The action of extenuating; extenuated condition.

Winds proceed from extenuation of the Air, by the Sun.

3

The action of extenuating; extenuated condition.

All Dilatation is some degree of Extenuation.

The Sea is the same at all seasons; what it gets by Rivers and showers, losing by exhalations and extenuations through the excessive heats…within the Torrid Zone.

4

The action of extenuating; extenuated condition.

The saide citie is much decaid…not a little to the extenuacion of that part of this realme.

Such extenuation let me begge, As in reproofe of many Tales deuis’d…I may…Finde pardon on my true submission.

5

The action of extenuating; extenuated condition.

Sometimes…wee humble ourselves lower than there is cause…And no lesse well doth God take these submisse extenuations of our selves.

Through their…extenuation [of their grievance], wretchedness and peevishness they undo themselves.

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