Term: extenuation: a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
Broader: justification: a statement in explanation of some action or belief | Unrelated: expression: expression without words
Broader: justification: a statement in explanation of some action or belief | Unrelated: pullback: (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops)
Broader: justification: a statement in explanation of some action or belief | Unrelated: ecclesiology: the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church
Broader: justification: a statement in explanation of some action or belief | Unrelated: maalox: an antacid
Broader: justification: a statement in explanation of some action or belief | Unrelated: 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
Broader: justification: a statement in explanation of some action or belief | Unrelated: scabbard: a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet
Broader: justification: a statement in explanation of some action or belief | Unrelated: delusions of grandeur: a delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are
Broader: justification: a statement in explanation of some action or belief | Unrelated: cabinetmaking: the craft of a joiner
Broader: justification: a statement in explanation of some action or belief | Unrelated: flight: an air force unit smaller than a squadron
Broader: justification: a statement in explanation of some action or belief | Unrelated: breach of promise: failure to keep a promise (of marriage)