circumstance : Idioms & Phrases
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in straitened circumstances
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adjective satellite not having enough money to pay for necessities
pinched; penurious; penniless; impecunious; hard up.
WordNet
mitigating circumstance
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noun (law) a circumstance that does not exonerate a person but which reduces the penalty associated with the offense
WordNet
Not a circumstance
- of no account. Colloq.
Webster 1913
Under the circumstances
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adverb because of prevailing conditions
- under the circumstances I cannot buy the house
WordNet
- taking all things into consideration.
