aggravating circumstance

English

Noun

aggravating circumstance (plural aggravating circumstances)

1. (law, or general usage, chiefly in the plural) A factor that increases the culpability or deleterious consequences of a wrongful act.

   Synonyms: aggravating factor, aggravation

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

Translations

a factor that increases the culpability or deleterious consequences of a wrongful act

• Dutch: verzwarende omstandigheid f
• Finnish: raskauttava asianhaara, raskauttava seikka
• French: circonstance aggravante (fr) f
• German: erschwerender Umstand m
• Hungarian: súlyosbító körülmény, (in legal jargon) súlyosító körülmény
• Italian: circostanza aggravante f
• Polish: okoliczność obciążająca f
• Russian: отягча́ющее обстоя́тельство n (otjagčájuščeje obstojátelʹstvo)

Further reading

• “aggravating circumstance”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.