extenuating guilt

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• extenuating circumstances — noun alleviating circumstances, consideration, exception, extenuation, mitigating circumstances, mitigation, palliation, palliative circumstances, partial excuse, qualification, qualifying reasons, softening circumstances Burton s Legal Thesaurus …   Law dictionary

• extenuating — adj. serving or tending to reduce the severity of guilt or blameworthiness; as, extenuating circumstances. Syn: mitigating. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• extenuating — [[t]ɪkste̱njueɪtɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n If you say that there are extenuating circumstances for a bad situation or wrong action, you mean that there are reasons or factors which partly excuse it. [FORMAL] The defendants decide to admit their guilt …   English dictionary

• Extenuating — Extenuate Ex*ten u*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extenuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Extenuating}.] [L. extenuatus, p. p. of extenuare to make thin, loosen, weaken; ex out + tenuare to make thin, tenuis thin. See {Tenuity}.] 1. To make thin or slender; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• extenuating — adj. reducing the seriousness of (an action or guilt); partially excusing or offering of excuses or reasons to lessen the seriousness of an action ex·ten·u·ate || ek stenjÊŠeɪt v. reduce the seriousness of (an action or guilt); make smaller,… …   English contemporary dictionary

• extenuating — adjective lessen the seriousness of (guilt or an offence) by reference to a mitigating factor. → extenuate …   English new terms dictionary

• extenuating circumstance — /əkstɛnjueɪtɪŋ ˈsɜkəmstæns/ (say uhkstenyoohayting serkuhmstans) noun (often plural) a factor that should be taken into the consideration of someone s misdeeds because it provides some lessening of guilt …  

• extenuating circumstances — Such as render a delict or crime less aggravated, heinous, or reprehensible than it would otherwise be, or tend to palliate or lessen its guilt. Such circumstances may ordinarily be shown in order to reduce the punishment or damages. In contract… …   Black's law dictionary

• extenuating circumstances — Such as render a delict or crime less aggravated, heinous, or reprehensible than it would otherwise be, or tend to palliate or lessen its guilt. Such circumstances may ordinarily be shown in order to reduce the punishment or damages. In contract… …   Black's law dictionary

• Excommunication — • Exclusion from the communion, the principal and severest censure, is a medicinal, spiritual penalty that deprives the guilty Christian of all participation in the common blessings of ecclesiastical society Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Virginia vs. John Brown — was a criminal trial held in Virginia in October 1859 to prosecute radical anti slavery abolitionist John Brown for his involvement in a raid on the United States federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now part of West Virginia) on October… …   Wikipedia