adjective
Definitions:
- defense that admits act but justifies
- justified, mitigating
- Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
- Area: Legal, Government, Tax, Financial, Political, Titles
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
- Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)