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extenuation

C2 noun

extenuation nghĩa là sự gầy mòn, sự tiều tụy

Các nghĩa

  1. sự gầy mòn, sự tiều tụy

    The action or process of making or becoming thin; an instance of this; a shrunken condition; leanness, emaciation.

    countable · uncountable

    This mightily helpeth the extenuation of members.

    A yong man…had an extenuation for want of nourishment in his Limbs.

    Galen commends tepid Baths for…curing all Extenuations.

  2. sự coi nhẹ, sự giảm nhẹ

    The action of representing (something) as slight and trifling; underrating; an instance of this, a plea to this end; a modification in terms.

    countable · uncountable

    Sometimes…wee humble ourselves lower than there is cause…And no lesse well doth God take these submisse extenuations of our selves.

    Through their…extenuation [of their grievance], wretchedness and peevishness they undo themselves.

    Many died of it every day, so that now all our extenuations abated.

  3. sự giảm tội, lời biện bạch

    The action of lessening, or seeking to lessen, the guilt of (an offence or fault) by alleging partial excuses; and instance or means of doing this; a plea in mitigation of censure.

    countable · uncountable

    Extenuation, by which the Crime, that seemed great, is made lesse.

    He…was to find excuses and extenuations for sins.

    Whatever may be said for the Extenuation of such Defects.

  4. quần áo mỏng

    Thin garments.

    us · countable · humorous · in-plural · uncountable

    They were clad in silken extenuations from the throat to the feet.

    One side wore…extenuations of a…green colour.

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