extenuating's Usage Examples:

It was due to him that, in 1832, the right, so important in actual French practice, was given to juries to find "extenuating circumstances" in cases when guilt involved the death penalty.

After all, he was a wayward man of the cloth and she did peddle her butt for bucks, whatever the extenuating circumstances.

It was not till 1899 that the unfortunate prisoner was brought back to France for retrial by court-martial, and even then, so strong was the anti-Semitic and military prejudice, he was again found guilty "with extenuating circumstances" at Rennes (September 9), though ten days later he was "pardoned" by President Loubet.

No evidence was presented to suggest cause or extenuating circumstances.

In these Orestes is the guilt-laden mortal who is purified from his sin by the grace of the gods, whose merciful justice is shown to all persons whose crime is mitigated by extenuating circumstances.

extenuate be extremely difficult to appeal under these grounds as all students have access to the extenuating circumstances envelopes.

The individual is generally homebound as a result of frailty, illness, or extenuating circumstances.

On these three considerations alone is based the conception of irresponsibility for crimes and the extenuating circumstances admitted by all legislative codes.

extenuate the case regardless of clinical or domestic circumstances or extenuating factors.

If a taxpayer is genuinely unable to pay due to extenuating circumstances, the IRS may decide to delay collection for a period of time.

The following rules typically apply, but there may be extenuating circumstances in which the laws become more flexible.

Synonyms:

exculpatory,

Antonyms:

guilty, inculpatory,