EXTENUATING


Meaning of EXTENUATING in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

extenuating/mitigating circumstances (= conditions that make it reasonable for someone to break the rules or law )

Hunger and poverty are not treated by the courts as extenuating circumstances.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A terrifying warning was occasionally administered in cases where extenuating circumstances existed.

Goodstein suggested that this eased by talking about extenuating circumstances.

Hunger and poverty, the main reasons for their poaching, are not treated by the courts as extenuating circumstances.

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