"extenuating circumstance" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: extenuating circumstances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} extenuating circumstance (plural extenuating circumstances)
  1. (law, or general usage, chiefly in the plural) Any fact that mitigates or lessens a crime. Wikipedia link: extenuating circumstance Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Law Synonyms: attenuating circumstance, mitigating circumstance, mitigating factor Related terms: mitigation Translations (fact that mitigates a crime): circumstància attenuant [feminine] (Catalan), polehčující okolnost [feminine] (Czech), formildende omstændigheder [plural] (Danish), verzachtende omstandigheid [feminine] (Dutch), lieventävä asianhaara (Finnish), circonstance atténuante [feminine] (French), mildernder Umstand [masculine] (German), mildernde Umstände [plural] (German), ελαφρυντική περίσταση (elafryntikí perístasi) [feminine] (Greek), enyhítő körülmény (Hungarian), attenuante [feminine] (Italian), circostanza attenuante [feminine] (Italian), formildende omstendigheter [plural] (Norwegian Bokmål), okoliczność łagodząca [feminine] (Polish), atenuante [feminine] (Portuguese), circumstanțe atenuante [feminine, plural] (Romanian), смягча́ющее обстоя́тельство (smjaxčájuščeje obstojátelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), förmildrande omständigheter (Swedish)

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