Term: extenuation: to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
Broader: decrease: the act of decreasing or reducing something | Unrelated: agreeableness: pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
Broader: decrease: the act of decreasing or reducing something | Unrelated: choroid: a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye
Broader: decrease: the act of decreasing or reducing something | Unrelated: lantern jaw: a long thin lower jaw
Broader: decrease: the act of decreasing or reducing something | Unrelated: work in progress: a piece of work that is not yet finished
Broader: decrease: the act of decreasing or reducing something | Unrelated: peridinian: flagellate with a thick test composed of plates
Broader: decrease: the act of decreasing or reducing something | Unrelated: ladies' room: a woman's restroom in a public (or semipublic) building
Broader: decrease: the act of decreasing or reducing something | Unrelated: brake: an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
Broader: decrease: the act of decreasing or reducing something | Unrelated: hatchel: a comb for separating flax fibers
Broader: decrease: the act of decreasing or reducing something | Unrelated: sass: an impudent or insolent rejoinder
Broader: decrease: the act of decreasing or reducing something | Unrelated: ragpicker: an unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood