ex·ten·u·a·tion 
(ĭk-stĕn′y-āshən)
(ĭk-stĕn′y-āshən)n.
1. The act of extenuating or the condition of being extenuated; partial justification.
2. A partial excuse.
- postfixal
- postfixial
- postfrontal
- postganglionic
- postglacial
- postgraduate
- posthaste
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- posthole
- posthumous
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- posthumousness
- posthypnotic suggestion
- postiche
- postilion
- postillion
- postimpressionism
- postimpressionist
- postimpressionistic
- postindustrial
- posting
- Post-it
- postlapsarian
- postlude
- postman