[かしゃく, kashaku] (n, vs) (1) borrowing; pardon; extenuation; (2) borrowing a kanji with the same pronunciation to convey a certain term [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Extenuation \Ex*ten`u*a"tion\, n. [L. extenuatio: cf. F.
ext['e]nuation.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
To listen . . . to every extenuation of what is evil.
--I. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
extenuation
n 1: a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to
represent an offense as less serious than it appears by
showing mitigating circumstances [syn: {extenuation},
{mitigation}]
2: to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less
serious [syn: {extenuation}, {mitigation}, {palliation}]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย