"circonstance atténuante" meaning in Français

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "circonstance aggravante"
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "orig": "français",
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  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de circonstance et de atténuant."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "circonstances atténuantes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Locution nominale",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
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          "name": "Lexique en français de la justice",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Procédé juridique qui permet au juge d'abaisser la peine légalement encourue, suivant son appréciation des faits."
      ],
      "id": "fr-circonstance_atténuante-fr-noun-oEEsEjOT",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Justice"
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Hector Malot, Un mariage sous le Second Empire, 1873",
          "text": "Voyez-vous, les femmes ont un système de circonstances atténuantes par ici, de compensations par là, de justice supérieure, de droits préexistants, auxquels nous n’entendons rien, nous autres."
        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃s a.te.nɥɑ̃t\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "feminine"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "mitigating factor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "extenuating circumstance"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Croate",
      "lang_code": "hr",
      "word": "olakotna okolnost"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "attenuante"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circostanza attenuante"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Roumain",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circumstanță atenuantă"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "смягчающее обстоятельство"
    }
  ],
  "word": "circonstance atténuante"
}

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    {
      "word": "circonstance aggravante"
    }
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    "Locutions nominales en français",
    "Traductions en anglais",
    "Traductions en croate",
    "Traductions en italien",
    "Traductions en roumain",
    "Traductions en russe",
    "français"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de circonstance et de atténuant."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "circonstances atténuantes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Locution nominale",
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    {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Procédé juridique qui permet au juge d'abaisser la peine légalement encourue, suivant son appréciation des faits."
      ],
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        "Justice"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Exemples en français"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Hector Malot, Un mariage sous le Second Empire, 1873",
          "text": "Voyez-vous, les femmes ont un système de circonstances atténuantes par ici, de compensations par là, de justice supérieure, de droits préexistants, auxquels nous n’entendons rien, nous autres."
        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\siʁ.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃s a.te.nɥɑ̃t\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "feminine"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "mitigating factor"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "extenuating circumstance"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Croate",
      "lang_code": "hr",
      "word": "olakotna okolnost"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "attenuante"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circostanza attenuante"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Roumain",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circumstanță atenuantă"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "смягчающее обстоятельство"
    }
  ],
  "word": "circonstance atténuante"
}