Mitigating Circumstance
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
(law) a circumstance that does not exonerate a person but which reduces the penalty associated with the offense
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Mitigating Circumstances
- possessive
- Mitigating Circumstance's
- pluralpossessive
- Mitigating Circumstances'