Term: extenuation: a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
Candidate hypernym: defense: the justification for some act or belief → 1
Candidate hypernym: soap: street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate → 0
Candidate hypernym: type: printed characters → 0
Candidate hypernym: packaged goods: groceries that are packaged for sale → 0
Candidate hypernym: cephaloridine: a broad spectrum semisynthetic antibiotic produced by modifying cephalosporin → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus thrips: type genus of the Thripidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: huff: a state of irritation or annoyance → 0
Candidate hypernym: big shot: an important influential person → 0
Candidate hypernym: exaggeration: the act of making something more noticeable than usual → 0
Candidate hypernym: collocation: a grouping of words in a sentence → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus sobralia: genus of tropical American orchids → 0