extenuating circumstance

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nounLaw.
  1. 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

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First recorded in 1830–40

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