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extenuating circumstance en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (in-plural, qualifier:or general usage) Any fact that mitigates or lessens a crime.
   • In the instant case, testimony has been offered that there were extenuating circumstances which might have made it impossible for the Hospital to comply with the time limit (Union office closed on April 4, 1974, for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day March). 1976, Harry N. Casselman, “Case No. 7”, in Earl R. Baderschneider, Paul F. Miller, editors, Labor Arbitration in Health Care: A Case Book, New York: Spectrum Publications, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 44:

Forms

Antonyms

aggravating circumstance · aggravating factor · aggravation

Relateds

mitigation

Synonyms

mitigating factor · attenuating circumstance · mitigating circumstance

Translations (20)

nb formildende omstendigheter (fact that mitigates a crime) · it circostanza attenuante (fact that mitigates a crime) · pt atenuante (fact that mitigates a crime) · nl verzachtende omstandigheid (fact that mitigates a crime) · ca circumstància attenuant (fact that mitigates a crime) · de mildernder Umstand (fact that mitigates a crime) · ro circumstanțe atenuante (fact that mitigates a crime) · es circunstancia extenuante / extenuadora (fact that mitigates a crime) · fi lieventävä asianhaara (fact that mitigates a crime) · hu enyhítő körülmény (fact that mitigates a crime) · sv förmildrande omständigheter (fact that mitigates a crime) · ru смягча́ющее обстоя́тельство (fact that mitigates a crime) · de mildernde Umstände (fact that mitigates a crime) · cs polehčující okolnost (fact that mitigates a crime) · el ελαφρυντική περίσταση (fact that mitigates a crime) · da formildende omstændigheder (fact that mitigates a crime) · fr circonstance atténuante (fact that mitigates a crime) · pl okoliczność łagodząca (fact that mitigates a crime) · th เหตุบรรเทาโทษ (fact that mitigates a crime) · it attenuante (fact that mitigates a crime)