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    extenuating
    ex‧ten‧u‧at‧ing /ɪkˈstenjuˌeɪtɪŋ/ adjective
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: Latin
     Origin: past participle of extenuare, from tenuis 'thin'
    extenuating circumstances/factors etc formal facts or reasons which make you feel that it was reasonable for someone to break the usual rules, or make you have sympathy for someone who did something wrong or illegal
    —extenuation /ɪkˌstenjuˈeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]