- Mitigation - Partial excuse - The act of axtenuating or the state of being
extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating;
diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of
punishment.
- Partial (3-5) - Having one side only, or one side prominent; hence,
limited to one side; partial; unjust; unfair; as, a one-sided view or
statement. - Growing on one side of a stem; as, one-sided flowers.