aggravating circumstance

English

Noun

aggravating circumstance (plural aggravating circumstances)

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Synonyms: aggravating factor, aggravation

Antonyms: extenuating circumstance, attenuating circumstance, mitigating circumstance, mitigating factor

Translations

Translations

Dutch: verzwarende omstandigheid f
Finnish: raskauttava asianhaara, raskauttava seikka

French: circonstance aggravante (fr) f
Polish: okoliczność obciążająca f
Russian: отягча́ющее обстоя́тельство n (otjagčájuščeje obstojátelʹstvo)

Further reading

“aggravating circumstance”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.

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