Thesaurus results for EXTENUATION

extenuation

noun

Definition of extenuation

as in confession

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Recent Examples of extenuation Not surprisingly, fellow-travelers on the left criticized Conquest either from a wish to disbelieve the Soviet horrors or from an ideological sympathy that compelled extenuation of them. — Peter J. Travers, National Review, 29 Mar. 2022

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Noun

After the diaristic rush of her last record, Daughter from Hell finds Abrams at the hardest—and most rewarding—part of confession and self-actualization.

— Vogue, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026
At the center of it all is an FBI agent’s handwritten scrawl, detailing an alleged murder confession by a man who is missing and widely believed to have been murdered.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of confession

Noun

Your wife must love that poem and the acknowledgment of the disparity between how men are just, like, acknowledged and applauded for just being a father out in public with their kids and the way women are just expected to be that way.

— Terry Gross, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
That inconsistency deserves thoughtful examination and acknowledgment of the impact of that inconsistency has on child victims.

— Keith Wortz, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of acknowledgment

Noun

Like an act of poetic atonement, America sent the great-great-great-great-grandson of a slave back, as a diplomat, to the country whence his ancestor had been kidnapped.

— Anne Haley, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
For starters, there is one urgent mission the pope must take on the road to atonement.

— Laura Washington, Mercury News, 9 June 2026

Definition of atonement

Noun

If Springfield eventually provides the $150 million, the majority will claim vindication.

— Angel Gutierrez, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Still, that 104th and final game capped a biggest-ever tournament seen as a vindication for the FIFA president — a consensus success on the field and a financial bonanza for global soccer.

— Graham Dunbar, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of vindication

Noun

Luis Campusano, who entered as the catcher in the ninth inning, threw out a base stealer at third base and drove home the winning run with a two-out single.

— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Then left fielder Victor Bericoto clanked a fly ball that should’ve been the third out.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of out

Noun

Recent concerns regarding the war's impact on shipping and construction timelines were addressed by Disney's CFO, who reaffirmed full commitment, citing the project's long-term view and strategic rationale.

— Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
For something which has no rationale in science, which is somehow breaking it into three is better for the child.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of rationale

Noun

On the company’s earnings call, Celsius Chairman and CEO John Fieldly cited a product rationalization program and deliberate pause in innovation as main reasons for the shortfall.

— Robert Frank, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
This interjection had become a form of rationalization for Kenzo, whatever the situation.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of rationalization

Noun

Twitch had a simple justification for letting its parent company, Amazon, use streamers’ content to train generative AI by default.

— Angela Yang, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2026
Additionally, searches using Flock’s system will now require search justification by requiring case codes for all law enforcement searches with an exemption for emergency searches, which will still be reviewed.

— Joel Feder, The Drive, 13 Aug. 2026

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