extenuating circumstance

collocation in English

meaningsofextenuatingandcircumstance

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extenuating
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪkˈsten.ju.eɪ.tɪŋ/us
/ɪkˈsten.ju.eɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
causing a wrong act to be judged less seriously by giving reasons ...
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circumstance
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.kəm.stɑːns/us
/ˈsɝː.kəm.stæns/
a fact or event that makes a situation the way ...
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(Definition ofextenuatingandcircumstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I merely mention, as anextenuatingcircumstance, that it is not alone in that.
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This is anextenuatingcircumstance, and we should think constructively of extending privileges for these inspctors.
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Is that anyextenuatingcircumstance?
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However, on that occasion there was theextenuatingcircumstanceof the introduction of a surprise clause.
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I may add theextenuatingcircumstancethat when a prima donna is absent, it is not unusual for a reluctant understudy to be put on to play the role.
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It is a misfortune that theextenuatingcircumstanceis separated from the operative word "failure".
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It is a new form of dealing with failure without reasonable excuse to separate the fault of failure from theextenuatingcircumstanceof "with reasonable excuse".
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The judge reduced the penalty to its lowest limit due to theextenuatingcircumstanceof no prior criminal records.
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When verification of an attendant circumstance decreases the penalty, it is known as a "mitigating" or "extenuatingcircumstance".
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Were there extreme extenuating circumstances that made delivery impossible?
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Moreover, technology decisions should generally adhere to this position posture, although occasionally opportunistic and extenuating circumstances may lead to technology decisions that are at variance with the institution's overall posture.
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It is always a very grave offence, even in the most extenuating circumstances.
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The special extenuating circumstances make this a borderline case.
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This is a relatively short period, and it is short precisely because it has been possible to find extenuating circumstances.
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I hope that such extenuating circumstances will lead to sensitive and sensible enforcement.
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This is a borderline case with special extenuating circumstances.
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The greatest care is exercised to find extenuating circumstances.
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We want to know whether such extenuating circumstances exist in this particular case.
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When was there one before with such extenuating circumstances as these?
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It seems to me that it would be impossible to define extenuating circumstances because for many reasons they are so various.
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