diminished responsibility

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[U] (BrE, law) a state in which a person who is accused of a crime is not considered to be responsible for their actions, because they are mentally ill: He was found not guilty of murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

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