1.掩饰(坏事);(用借口来)减轻(罪过)
2.〈废〉低估,藐视
3.〈古〉使细弱
1.What can be excused or extenuated in criminal cases by necessity is not so in civil ones.
紧急状况在刑事案件中免除、减轻罪责,但在民事案件却不免除、减轻责任。
2.The act of extenuating or the condition of being extenuated; partial justification.
开脱使人原谅的行为或被人原谅的条件;