English to English
noun
- a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
source: WordNet 3.0
- to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [ecsténiuecion] Pangangayayat; panghihinà
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog