Definition of "extenuatory" []

• Tending to extenuate or palliate. (adjective)

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• "And, having given this humorous twist to his argument, he glides off into extenuatory matter."
• "Picord, maintains or exemplifies in the collection of his plays, -- as, if not actually to sit in judgment on my own performances, still to insinuate some excuse for their faults by extenuatory depositions as to their character and intentions."