extenuation vs garment

extenuation

noun
  • Thin garments. 

  • The action of lessening, or seeking to lessen, the guilt of (an offence or fault) by alleging partial excuses; and instance or means of doing this; a plea in mitigation of censure. 

  • The action of representing (something) as slight and trifling; underrating; an instance of this, a plea to this end; a modification in terms. 

  • The action or process of making or becoming thin; an instance of this; a shrunken condition; leanness, emaciation. 

garment

noun
  • A single item of clothing. 

  • The visible exterior in which a thing is invested or embodied. 

verb
  • To clothe in a garment. 

How often have the words extenuation and garment occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )