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Law.circumstances that render conduct less serious and thereby serve to reduce the damages to be awarded or the punishment to be imposed.[1830-40]
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extenuating circumstances — noun alleviating circumstances, consideration, exception, extenuation, mitigating circumstances, mitigation, palliation, palliative circumstances, partial excuse, qualification, qualifying reasons, softening circumstances Burton s Legal Thesaurus … Law dictionary
Extenuating circumstances — In law, extenuating circumstances in criminal cases are unusual or extreme facts leading up to or attending the commission of the offense which, though an offense has been committed without legal justification or excuse, mitigate or reduce its… … Wikipedia
extenuating circumstances — Law. circumstances that render conduct less serious and thereby serve to reduce the damages to be awarded or the punishment to be imposed. [1830 40] * * * extenuating circumstances UK [ɪkˌstenjʊeɪtɪŋ ˈsɜː(r)kəmˌstænsɪz] US [ɪkˌstenjueɪtɪŋ… … Useful english dictionary
extenuating circumstances — Such as render a delict or crime less aggravated, heinous, or reprehensible than it would otherwise be, or tend to palliate or lessen its guilt. Such circumstances may ordinarily be shown in order to reduce the punishment or damages. In contract… … Black's law dictionary
extenuating circumstances — Such as render a delict or crime less aggravated, heinous, or reprehensible than it would otherwise be, or tend to palliate or lessen its guilt. Such circumstances may ordinarily be shown in order to reduce the punishment or damages. In contract… … Black's law dictionary
extenuating circumstances — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. extenuation, mitigation, uncontrollable situation, palliation, excuse, justification … English dictionary for students
extenuating circumstances — ex|ten|u|a|ting cir|cum|stanc|es [ ık,stenjueıtıŋ sɜrkəm,stænsəz ] noun plural conditions that make a bad action or mistake seem less serious, especially because they make it seem reasonable … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
extenuating circumstances — UK [ɪkˌstenjʊeɪtɪŋ ˈsɜː(r)kəmˌstænsɪz] / US [ɪkˌstenjueɪtɪŋ ˈsɜrkəmˌstænsəz] noun [plural] conditions that make a bad action or mistake seem less serious, sometimes even making it seem reasonable … English dictionary
extenuating circumstances — Facts which reduce the damages in a civil case or the penalty in a criminal case … Ballentine's law dictionary
extenuating — adj. serving or tending to reduce the severity of guilt or blameworthiness; as, extenuating circumstances. Syn: mitigating. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
