extenuating circumstance

English

Etymology

extenuating +‎ circumstance

Noun

extenuating circumstance (plural extenuating circumstances)

(law, or general usage) Any fact that mitigates or lessens a crime.

Usage notes

Usually in the plural.

Synonyms

attenuating circumstance
mitigating circumstance (usually mitigating circumstances)

Translations

fact that mitigates a crime

Catalan: circumstància attenuant f
Czech: polehčující okolnost f
Finnish: lieventävä asianhaara
French: circonstance atténuante (fr) f
German: mildernder Umstand m
Greek: ελαφρυντική περίσταση f (elafryntikí perístasi)

Italian: attenuante (it) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: formildende omstendigheter pl
Portuguese: atenuante (pt) f
Russian: смягча́ющее обстоя́тельство n (smjaxčájuščeje obstojátelʹstvo)
Swedish: förmildrande omständigheter

See also

mitigation

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