English modal verbs - Deduction. 1  In English, modal verbs as must, have to, have got to, canât and couldn't are used to express deduction and contention. 2  You're shiveringâyou must be cold. 3  Someone must have taken the key: it is not here. 4  I didn't order ten books. This has to be a mistake. 5  These aren't mineâthey've got to be yours.
Extenuating Circumstances. Facts surrounding the commission of a crime that work to mitigate or lessen it. Extenuating circumstances render a crime less evil or reprehensible. They do not lower the degree of an offense, although they might reduce the punishment imposed.
Definition of attenuate. attenuated. ; attenuating. transitive verb. 1 : to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken â¦ shows great skill in the use of language to moderate or attenuate the impact of awkward facts. â Bernard Lewis. 2 : to reduce the severity, virulence, or vitality of an attenuated virus. 3 : to make thin or slender Glass can be attenuated into fibers. 4 : to make thin in consistency : rarefy attenuate oil by heating it. intransitive verb. : to become thin, fine, or less.