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: justification: a statement in explanation of some action or belief → 1
Candidate hypernym: expression: expression without words → 0
Candidate hypernym: pullback: (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops) → 0
Candidate hypernym: ecclesiology: the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church → 0
Candidate hypernym: maalox: an antacid → 0
Candidate hypernym: systemic lupus erythematosus: an inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms → 0
Candidate hypernym: scabbard: a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet → 0
Candidate hypernym: delusions of grandeur: a delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are → 0
Candidate hypernym: cabinetmaking: the craft of a joiner → 0
Candidate hypernym: flight: an air force unit smaller than a squadron → 0
Candidate hypernym: breach of promise: failure to keep a promise (of marriage) → 0