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Meanings of extenuating circumstances in English

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Usage of extenuating circumstances in English
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To be fair, there were some extenuating circumstances behind these three shocks.
Reuters
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They accorded in both her case and that of Lucien extenuating circumstances.
A Book of Remarkable Criminals
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He presented it as an out-and-out atrocity, but there were extenuating circumstances.
The illuminatus! trilogy
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No explanation or extenuating circumstances can be attempted in that deep confusion.
Bluebell / A Novel
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She was condemned with extenuating circumstances, and imprisoned at Montpellier in 1839.
Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist
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No considerations, no extenuating circumstances will be allowed to mitigate the punishment.
Spontaneous Activity in Education
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As extenuating circumstances with respect to indictment Number 1, see prefatory notice.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1
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Not only was Fenayrou accorded extenuating circumstances, but Lucien was acquitted altogether.
A Book of Remarkable Criminals
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There may be extenuating circumstances, but they can be dealt with afterwards.
The Master Detective: Being Some Further Investigations of Chris...
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I don't say there weren't extenuating circumstances, but let's be honest.
War Of Honor
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The error of the Federalists can, however, be excused by many extenuating circumstances.
The Promise of American Life
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The only other allowable evidence, pregnancy, requires the woman to prove extenuating circumstances.
Feminist dot com
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The only thing now is to heal the present disappointment by extenuating circumstances.
Tancred; Or, The New Crusade
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They all knew that, with Nadu, there were no extenuating circumstances.
The Cylons’ Secret
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There are certain extenuating circumstances which we recognize; self-defense, for example.
The Status Civilization
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Those milk-sops on the jury are just capable of according him extenuating circumstances.
The Lerouge Case
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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