B, 1886) should be consulted, for although the author tries to extenuate the pope to some extent, on the whole he is fair.
"It was a small estate that brought in no profit," replied Prince Andrew, trying to extenuate his action so as not to irritate the old man uselessly.
extenuate be extremely difficult to appeal under these grounds as all students have access to the extenuating circumstances envelopes.
He creates a whole commonalty of characters that help extenuate and expose the interactions of people and their effects.
extenuate the case regardless of clinical or domestic circumstances or extenuating factors.
They remained severely orthodox in the doctrines of the Fathers - the Trinity, the Incarnation, the plenary inspiration of the Bible - and they condemned those who rejected their teachings to a hell whose fires they were not tempted to extenuate.
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