extenuation

n (fml 文) [U] action of extenuating; being extenuated 减轻罪责: He pleaded poverty in extenuation of (ie as an excuse for) the theft. 他以贫穷为藉口请求为他犯的偷窃罪从轻量刑.

exquisitely, exquisiteness, ext, extant, extemporaneous, extemporaneously, extempore, extemporization, extemporisation, extemporize, extemporize, extemporise, extend, extended, extended family, extension, extensive, extensively, extensiveness, extent, extenuate, extenuating, exterior, exterminate, extermination, external, external evidence, external examination, external examiner (also external), externalize, externalize, externalise, externally, extinct, extinction, extinguish, extirpate, extirpation, extol, extort, extortion, extortionate, extortionately,