English Explanatory Dictionary

aggravating circumstance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A factor that increases the culpability or deleterious consequences of a wrongful act.

Word forms

aggravating circumstance aggravating circumstances

Synonyms

aggravating factor aggravation

Antonyms

extenuating circumstance attenuating circumstance mitigating circumstance mitigating factor
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