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To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
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ɛksˌtɛnjʊˈeɪʃən
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noun
To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
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A partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
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