Synonyms for extenuation
Most common
mitigation palliation excuse apology allowance varnish abatement diminution
All synonyms
Noun
1. Mitigation
Definitions
- n. 1
The action of extenuating; extenuated condition. The action or process of making or becoming thin; an instance of this; a shrunken condition; leanness, emaciation.
A yong man…had an extenuation for want of nourishment in his Limbs.
Forms
- Plural
- extenuations → mitigations, palliations, excuses, apologies…
Example sentences
- mitigation There's a mitigation in the translation.
- excuse Excuse me, but where is the men's shoe department?
- apology Yanni's apology devolved into a physical argument.
- allowance Ziri took away Rima’s allowance for a whole month.
- varnish What colour nail varnish goes with this yellow dress?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| extenuation | falling | |
| mitigation | rising | |
| palliation | rising | |
| excuse | rising | |
| apology | rising | |
| allowance | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- excuse2
- 7 letters
- apology4, varnish2
- 9 letters
- allowance3, abatement3
- 10 letters
- mitigation4, diminution4, palliation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (excuse2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- exténuation
- Italiano
- estenuazione
- Español
- extenuación