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Noun Concept

Categories: Legal terms, Civil law (common law)

extenuation mitigation duty to mitigate mitigate damages mitigation of damages

A partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances WordNet 3.0

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A partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Mitigation in law is the principle that a party who has suffered loss has to take reasonable action to minimize the amount of the loss suffered. Wikipedia

In law, the principle that a party who suffers loss must take action to minimize the amount of loss Wikidata

The action of extenuating; extenuated condition. Wiktionary

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WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

extenuation, mitigation

Wikipedia

mitigation (law)