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extenuation

How many syllables in extenuation?

  5 syllables

Divide extenuation into syllables:   ex-ten-u-a-tion
Primary syllable stress:   ex-ten-u-a-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   ex-ten-u-a-tion
How to pronounce extenuation:   ik-sten-yoo-ey-shun
How to say extenuation:

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