Crossword-Solution: EXTENUATION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Extenuation | n. | 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. |
We have 36 clues for the answer “EXTENUATION”
| Clue | Answers |
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| good grounds | 1 answer |
| Partial excuse | 1 answer |
| familiarization | 2 answers |
| familiarisation | 2 answers |
| ratiocination | 43 answers |
| apologia | 43 answers |
| Vindication | 43 answers |
| exoneration | 44 answers |
| repentance | 45 answers |
| Rationale | 47 answers |
| Reparation | 49 answers |
| rationalization | 50 answers |
| absolution | 51 answers |
| plea | 52 answers |
| amends | 54 answers |
| Justification | 55 answers |
| Intention | 55 answers |
| apology | 57 answers |
| Rationalism | 59 answers |
| Logic | 60 answers |
| Rationalisation | 60 answers |
| defence | 60 answers |
| Acumen | 62 answers |
| Sanity | 62 answers |
| Impetus | 64 answers |
| Incentive | 65 answers |
| Excuse | 66 answers |
| Explanation | 68 answers |
| Aim | 68 answers |
| Motive | 69 answers |
| Mind | 69 answers |
| Reasoning | 70 answers |
| Objective | 70 answers |
| clearance | 72 answers |
| Discernment | 85 answers |
| BASIS ___ | 88 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with EXTENUATION (5)
Elton gratitude for her attentions to Miss Fairfax.—I hope this history of my conduct towards her will be admitted by you and my father as great extenuation of what you saw amiss.
That very convenient covert for all manner of cruelty and outrage that cowardly alarm-cry, that the slaves would _“take the place,”_ was pleaded, in extenuation of this revolting crime, just as it had been cited in defense of a thousand similar ones.
The Pharaohs of the time of Moses were in constant dread lest the Hebrews under their rule should go over to their enemies, and their dread doubtless increased the cruelty of the Egyptians; but, while this dread was an extenuation in the eyes of the persecutors, it did not prevent the Hebrews from fleeing the persecution.
Meantime Elfride’s countenance wore a look indicating utter despair of being able to explain matters so that they would seem no more than they really were,—a despair which not only relinquishes the hope of direct explanation, but wearily gives up all collateral chances of extenuation.
Norma Hatch (whose reversion to her Christian name was explained as the result of her latest divorce), left her under the implication of coming “from the West,” with the not unusual extenuation of having brought a great deal of money with her.
Quotes with EXTENUATION (2)
I have never fully unbosomed myself to any human being; I have never been encouraged to trust much in the sympathy of my fellow men. But we have all a chance of meeting with some pity, some tenderness, some charity, when we are dead: it is the living only who cannot be forgiven - the living only from whom men's indulgence and reverence are held off, like the rain by the hard east wind. While the heart beats, bruise it - it is your only opportunity; while the eye can still tur…
We will be guilty of criminal negligence, without extenuation, if we permit future famines.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1981).