EXTENUATE

To le en; to palUate; to mitigate. Connell v. State, 46 Tex. Cr. R. 259, s1 s. w. 148. L. EXTENUATING cmcUMSTANOES. Such as render a delict or crime le aggra• vated, heinous, or reprehensible than it M w_ould otherwise be, or tend to palliate ·or le en its guilt. Such circumstances may or- [s. 475]