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21mitigating circumstances — Such as do not constitute a justification or excuse for the offense in question, but which, in fairness and mercy, may be considered as extenuating or reducing the degree of moral culpability. For example, mitigating circumstances which will… …
22mitigating circumstances — Such as do not constitute a justification or excuse for the offense in question, but which, in fairness and mercy, may be considered as extenuating or reducing the degree of moral culpability. For example, mitigating circumstances which will… …
23mitigating circumstances — facts that help to explain a crime or mistake and make it seem less bad He did take the money, but there were mitigating circumstances …
24mitigating — adjective that serves to mitigate …
25mitigating — Synonyms and related words: abating, allaying, alleviating, alleviative, altering, analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, assuaging, assuasive, balmy, balsamic, benumbing, blunting, bounding, cathartic, chastening, cleansing, cushioning, dampening,… …
26mitigating — mɪtɪgeɪtɪŋ adj. softening in force or severity; lessening the impact or intensity of; appeasing, making easier, sweetening; being assuaged, becoming less severe (about punishments, circumstances, emotions, etc.) mit·i·gate || mɪtɪgeɪt v …
27mitigating — adjective make less severe, serious, or painful. → mitigate …
28mitigating — adj extenuating, extenuative, extenuatory, palliative, mitigative, mitigatory; exculpatory, exonerative, justifying, justificatory, justificative, excusatory, vindicating, vindicatory, vindicative; qualifying, modifying, tempering …
29mitigating — adj extenuating, justifying, vindicating, tempering, modifying, lenitive, qualifying, vindicatory, mitigant FORMAL palliative, assuasive …
30mitigating circumstances — surrounding events which make a situation less severe …
