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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesattenuanti
Native Script:circostanze attenuanti
Pronunciation / Transliteration: attenuanti
"La corte ha riconosciuto delle attenuanti."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Conditions or factors that explain or partially excuse bad behavior or a failure to meet an obligation, making it seem less serious.
"The university grants extensions on assignments only in cases of documented extenuating circumstances." - 2
Factors in a legal case that do not justify or excuse an act, but reduce the degree of moral culpability or severity of punishment.
"The defense attorney argued that financial desperation served as an extenuating circumstance during the trial."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'extenuare' (meaning to thin out or lessen, from 'ex-' plus 'tenuis' meaning thin) combined with 'circumstantia' (surrounding conditions, from 'circumstare'). Historically entering legal and formal English usage in the late 18th century, the phrase originally denoted conditions that lessen the gravity or guilt of an offense.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Extenuating Circumstances" is said worldwide
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circonstances atténuantes
Transliteration: sir-kɔn-stɑ̃s a-te-nwa-tɑ̃
"Le juge a pris en compte les circonstances atténuantes."
mildernde Umstände
Transliteration: mɪldəʁndə ʊmʃtandə
"Das Gericht berücksichtigte mildernde Umstände."
attenuanti
Transliteration: attenuanti
Script: circostanze attenuanti
"La corte ha riconosciuto delle attenuanti."
circunstancias atenuantes
Transliteration: sirkunstansias atenuantes
"El juez consideró las circunstancias atenuantes del acusado."
circunstâncias atenuantes
Transliteration: sirkusˈtɐ̃sias atenuˈɐ̃tiz
"O tribunal avaliou as circunstâncias atenuantes do caso."
परिस्थितियां जो अपराध को कम गंभीर बनाती हैं
Transliteration: paristhitiyan jo aparadh ko kam gambhir banati hain
"अदालत ने उनकी कठिन परिस्थितियों को ध्यान में रखा।"
减轻情节
Transliteration: jiǎnqīng qíngjié
"法官考虑到了本案的减轻情节。"
참작할 만한 사유
Transliteration: chamjakhaneun manhan sayu
"재판부는 피고인의 참작할 만한 사유를 인정했다."
酌量減軽事由
Transliteration: shakuryō genkei jiyū
"裁判所は情状酌量の余地を考慮した。"
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