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Making a fault or difficult situation seem less serious or blameworthy.

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extenuating

The panel considered the extenuating circumstances before deciding.
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A design contest discovered that one entrant had submitted another person's work under her own name. The panel considered her culpable because she had knowingly claimed authorship. A separate entrant had missed the deadline during a documented failure of the submission system. Those extenuating circumstances deserved a different review.
From Responsibility Under Pressure.
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