aggravating circumstance

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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

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