According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
EXTENUATIONS
Noun
extenuations
plural of extenuation
Source: Wiktionary
EXTENUATION
Ex*ten`u*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. extenuatio: cf. F. exténuation.]
Definition: 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. To listen . . . to every extenuation of what is evil. I. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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