adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
extenuating/mitigating circumstances (= conditions that make it reasonable for someone to break the rules or law )
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Hunger and poverty are not treated by the courts as extenuating circumstances.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A terrifying warning was occasionally administered in cases where extenuating circumstances existed.
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Goodstein suggested that this eased by talking about extenuating circumstances.
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Hunger and poverty, the main reasons for their poaching, are not treated by the courts as extenuating circumstances.