1. Counsel pleaded the accused's age in extenuation of his actions. 律师以被告年龄为由要求减轻其行为过错。
2. Judge: Do you have anything to say in mitigation or extenuation before I pass sentence? 法官：在我宣读判决书前，你想说点什么求饶之类的话吗？
3. Were such a man once more to fall, what plea could be urged in extenuation of his crime? 倘使象他这样一个人再次堕落的话，还能为减轻罪行作何辩白呢？
英英解释
n.
1. a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it app
2. to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
