Both Uses of
extenuating
in
The Idiot
- It is manifest that, pricked by remorse—for my client is religious, in his way, and has a conscience, as I shall prove later—and desiring to extenuate his sin as far as possible, he has tried six times at least to substitute lay nourishment for clerical.†
Chpt 3.4
- He was convicted, but with extenuating circumstances, and condemned to hard labour in Siberia for fifteen years.†
Chpt 4.12 *
Definition:
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(extenuating) lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of