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backer
2 March 2026 @ 5:00 am
Definition: (noun) A person who gives financial or other support.
Synonyms: angel.
Usage: After the backers withdrew their support, the director was forced to cancel the troupe's upcoming Shakespeare production.
extenuation
1 March 2026 @ 5:00 am
Definition: (noun) To act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious.
Synonyms: mitigation, palliation.
Usage: Forgive me, and let the greatness and the purity of my love for you plead in extenuation of my act.
unexceptionable
28 February 2026 @ 5:00 am
Definition: (adjective) Beyond any reasonable objection; irreproachable.
Synonyms: unimpeachable.
Usage: No person need think of applying for this situation unless he could furnish the most unexceptionable references to character and abilities.