Meaning of extenuating circumstance | Babel Free

Definitions

Any fact that mitigates or lessens a crime.

in-plural

Equivalents

Examples

“In the instant case, testimony has been offered that there were extenuating circumstances which might have made it impossible for the Hospital to comply with the time limit (Union office closed on April 4, 1974, for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day March).”

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