Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Extenuation has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
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
The action of extenuating; extenuated condition.
The action or process of making or becoming thin; an instance of this; a shrunken condition; leanness, emaciation.