extenuating circumstance

English

Noun

extenuating circumstance (plural extenuating circumstances)

(law, or general usage, chiefly in the plural) Any fact that mitigates or lessens a crime.
Synonyms: attenuating circumstance, mitigating circumstance, mitigating factor

Antonyms: aggravating circumstance, aggravating factor, aggravation

Translations

fact that mitigates a crime

Catalan: circumstància attenuant f
Czech: polehčující okolnost f
Danish: formildende omstændigheder c pl
Dutch: verzachtende omstandigheid f
Finnish: lieventävä asianhaara
French: circonstance atténuante (fr) f
German: mildernder Umstand m, mildernde Umstände pl
Greek: ελαφρυντική περίσταση f (elafryntikí perístasi)
Hungarian: enyhítő körülmény
Italian: attenuante (it) f, circostanza attenuante f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: formildende omstendigheter pl
Polish: okoliczność łagodząca (pl) f
Portuguese: atenuante (pt) f
Romanian: circumstanțe atenuante (ro) f pl
Russian: смягча́ющее обстоя́тельство n (smjaxčájuščeje obstojátelʹstvo)
Swedish: förmildrande omständigheter

See also

mitigation

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