extenuating circumstance
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extenuating circumstance
noun extenuating circumstances
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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).
Similar: attenuating circumstance, mitigating circumstance, mitigating factor · Opposite: aggravating circumstance, aggravating factor, aggravation
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noun fact that mitigates a crime
| Español | circunstancia extenuante / extenuadora |
|---|---|
| Português | atenuante |
| Français | circonstance atténuante |
| Deutsch | mildernder Umstand, mildernde Umstände |
| Italiano | attenuante, circostanza attenuante |
| Ελληνικά | ελαφρυντική περίσταση elafryntikí perístasi |
| Română | circumstanțe atenuante |
| Русский | смягча́ющее обстоя́тельство smjaxčájuščeje obstojátelʹstvo |
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