extenuating circumstance
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.
Origin of extenuating circumstance
1Words Nearby extenuating circumstance
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use extenuating circumstance in a sentence
In some cases, extenuating circumstances allowed women a chance to play.
These ‘experts’ once said women couldn’t play football. Boy were they wrong. | Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D’Arcangelo | November 15, 2021 | Popular-ScienceEligible students had to show extenuating circumstances, including physical challenges, mental health needs or demonstrated academic success during virtual learning.
What to know about school masks, staff vaccines and quarantines in the D.C. area | Hannah Natanson, Donna St. George, Perry Stein | August 25, 2021 | Washington PostThere is not one extenuating circumstance to temper the indignation of him who believes in justice and humanity.
Black and White | Timothy Thomas FortuneIf it is added that the wife has been "nurtured in the lap of luxury," that is accepted as an additional extenuating circumstance.
The Theory of the Leisure Class | Thorstein VeblenBut I saved her at night, when I innocently supposed her beautiful—let this be the extenuating circumstance.
The Cross of Berny | Emile de Girardin
He admitted it, though apologetically and with every extenuating circumstance which he could remember.
Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) | F. Marion CrawfordEvery possible extenuating circumstance was brought to bear upon his sentence.
The Lamp That Went Out | Augusta Groner
Browse