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extenuation
/ɪksˌtɛnjʊˈeɪʃən/
noun 5
Collocations
2EXTENUATION + NOUN
members
ADV.
mightily
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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less ser
- mitigation
- palliation
noun — a partial excuse to mitigate censure
- mitigation
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
301
This mightily helpeth the extenuation of members.
Wiktionary02
A yong man…had an extenuation for want of nourishment in his Limbs.
Wiktionary03
Galen commends tepid Baths for…curing all Extenuations.
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