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extenuating circumstance
noun
, Law.
- Usually extenuating circumstances. a circumstance that renders conduct less serious and thereby serves to reduce the damages to be awarded or the punishment to be imposed.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of extenuating circumstance1
First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences
There is not one extenuating circumstance to temper the indignation of him who believes in justice and humanity.
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If it is added that the wife has been "nurtured in the lap of luxury," that is accepted as an additional extenuating circumstance.
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But I saved her at night, when I innocently supposed her beautiful—let this be the extenuating circumstance.
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He admitted it, though apologetically and with every extenuating circumstance which he could remember.
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Every possible extenuating circumstance was brought to bear upon his sentence.
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