"extenuating circumstance" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Anglais]

Forms: extenuating circumstances [plural]
  1. Circonstance atténuante.
    Sense id: fr-extenuating_circumstance-en-noun-ZjFqpc6U Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de la justice
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: attenuating circumstance, mitigating circumstances, mitigating factor

Inflected forms

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    "(Date à préciser) Composé de extenuating (« atténuant ») et de circumstance (« circonstance »), littéralement « circonstance atténuante »."
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    "(Date à préciser) Composé de extenuating (« atténuant ») et de circumstance (« circonstance »), littéralement « circonstance atténuante »."
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