mitigating circumstance

Noun

Meaning

(law) a circumstance that does not exonerate a person but which reduces the penalty associated with the offense

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

qualification palliative diminished responsibility extenuating circumstance attenuating circumstance mitigating circumstances as mitigating factor circumstances mitigating partial excuse attenuating circumstances mitigating factor as a mitigating circumstance circumstance mitigating mitigating excuse mitigating factors
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Hypernyms

condition consideration circumstance

Examples

I plead youth as a mitigating circumstance. Gabriel García Márquez

Close letter words and terms

mitigated mitigatedly mitigating mitigating circumstances mitigating excuse mitigating factor