aggravating circumstance
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aggravating circumstance
noun aggravating circumstances
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A factor that increases the culpability or deleterious consequences of a wrongful act.
Similar: aggravating factor, aggravation · Opposite: extenuating circumstance, attenuating circumstance, mitigating circumstance, mitigating factor
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noun a factor that increases the culpability or deleterious consequences of a wrongful act
| Español | circunstancia agravante / agravadora |
|---|---|
| Français | circonstance aggravante |
| Deutsch | erschwerender Umstand |
| Italiano | circostanza aggravante |
| Русский | отягча́ющее обстоя́тельство otjagčájuščeje obstojátelʹstvo |
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