Difference between Mitigation and Extenuation

What is the difference between Mitigation and Extenuation?

Mitigation as a noun is relief; alleviation while Extenuation as a noun is the act of extenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment.

Mitigation

Part of speech: noun

Definition: relief; alleviation

Extenuation

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of extenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment.

We hope you now know whether to use Mitigation or Extenuation in your sentence.

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