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| extenuation (They (instructors) allow students to talk them into considering these excuses as authentic extenuations. george serebryakov) | |||
| mitigating factor (Баян) | |||
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| extenuating circumstances | |||
| mitigating circumstances (in criminal law, conditions or happenings which do not excuse or justify criminal conduct, but are considered out of mercy or fairness in deciding the degree of the offense the prosecutor charges or influencing reduction of the penalty upon conviction: Example: a young man shoots his father after years of being beaten, belittled, sworn at and treated without love. "Heat of passion" or "diminished capacity" are forms of such mitigating circumstances.) | |||
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| extenuating conditions (Mr. Wolf) | |||
| смягчающее вину обстоятельство: 9 phrases in 4 subjects |
| American usage, not spelling | 4 |
| Business | 1 |
| General | 1 |
| Law | 3 |