extenuating circumstance

extenuating circumstance

English

Etymology

extenuating +‎ circumstance

Noun

extenuating circumstance (plural extenuating circumstances)

1. (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