extenuation
n. 減輕罪孽的藉口; 酌情減輕; <古>細
1. a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
2. to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
Miss Glover could allow no extenuation of her crime.
格洛弗小姐是不允許袒護罪過的.
It was a comfort to him, this extenuation.
這藉口對他是種安慰.
He pleaded circumstances in extenuation of his guilt.
他請求酌情減輕他的罪.
He pleaded poverty in extenuation of ( ie as an excuse for ) the theft.
他以貧窮為藉口請求為他犯的偷竊罪從輕量刑.
Judge: Do you have anything to say in mitigation or extenuation before I pass sentence?
法官: 在我宣讀判決書前,你想說點什麼求饒之類的話 嗎 ?