extenuation
Definitions
Noun
- A partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
- To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
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| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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| 1 | determination | 5 | 39 |
| 2 | extension | 3 | 36 |
| 3 | equation | 3 | 33 |
| 4 | execution | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | retention | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | extensions | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | termination | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | extraction | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | extenuating | 5 | 3 |
| 10 | extinction | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | executions | 4 | 3 |
| 12 | detonation | 4 | 3 |
| 13 | detention | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | extermination | 5 | 1 |
| 15 | extenuate | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | exterminating | 5 | 1 |
| 17 | exertion | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | exhumation | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | excitation | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | detentions | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | exaction | 3 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 0
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 21
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
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