extenuacion

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

First used 16th C.Scrabble 20
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Meanings

nounextenuacion (countable and uncountable, plural extenuacions)

plural extenuacions

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of extenuation.First known use 16th C.

    The saide citie is much decaid…not a little to the extenuacion of that part of this realme.

    1542–3, Act 34–5 Hen. VIII, c. 18
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APA

extenuacion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extenuacion

MLA

“extenuacion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extenuacion. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extenuacion,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extenuacion.

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