Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mitigating_circumstance

1 sense of mitigating circumstance

Sense 1
mitigating circumstance -- ((law) a circumstance that does not exonerate a person but which reduces the penalty associated with the offense)
       => circumstance, condition, consideration -- (information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take")