CIRCUMSTANCE

noun see: stand Date: 13th century 1. a condition, fact, or event accompanying, conditioning, or determining another ; an essential or inevitable concomitant , a subordinate or accessory fact or detail , a piece of evidence that indicates the probability or improbability of an event (as a crime) , 2. the sum of essential and environmental factors (as of an event or situation) , state of affairs ; eventuality , situation with regard to wealth , attendant formalities and ceremonial , an event that constitutes a detail (as of a narrative or course of events) , see: occurrence