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.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
circumstances
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In its defence, the Government pleads mitigating circumstances .
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A good barrister - he'd known Thomas Walters for years - would be able to argue mitigating circumstances .
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Lancashire were subsequently fined £500, not £700, because of mitigating circumstances .
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The same mitigating circumstances were present in this case as were present in Smith-Bryant.
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If you were to change sides, with mitigating circumstances , you could get a suspended sentence.
factor
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Now, that decision has been overturned although the appeal judges spoke of strong mitigating factors in the case.
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There were also mitigating factors , Lord Lane said.
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He said Fisher's plea of guilty had been a mitigating factor .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A mitigating circumstance is the fact that few library users restrict themselves to one source alone for obtaining books.
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A good barrister - he'd known Thomas Walters for years - would be able to argue mitigating circumstances.
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Did a white-hot surge of anger and disillusion count as a mitigating circumstance, disturbing the balance of the mind?
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In its defence, the Government pleads mitigating circumstances.
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Lancashire were subsequently fined £500, not £700, because of mitigating circumstances.
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Now, that decision has been overturned although the appeal judges spoke of strong mitigating factors in the case.
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There was no mitigating feature in the shape of a plea of guilty.
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There were also mitigating factors, Lord Lane said.