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61diminished responsibility — noun English Law an unbalanced mental state which is recognized as grounds to reduce a charge of murder to that of manslaughter …
62diminished responsibility — noun (U) law a state in which someone is not considered to be responsible for their actions because they are mentally ill …
63diminished responsibility — UK / US noun [uncountable] legal a situation in which someone cannot be considered responsible for a crime because they are mentally ill …
64diminished responsibility — /dəˌmɪnɪʃt rəspɒnsəˈbɪləti/ (say duh.minisht ruhsponsuh biluhtee) noun limitation of a person s criminal responsibility in killing or being a party to the killing of another on the ground of mental weakness or abnormality; not available as a… …
65diminished liability clause — A provision in an accident insurance policy for a decrease of benefits upon the insured engaging in an occupation more hazardous than the one under which he was insured. 29 Am J Rev ed Ins § 768 …
66diminished arch — noun an arch whose height is less than half its width • Syn: ↑skeen arch, ↑skene arch, ↑scheme arch • Hypernyms: ↑arch * * * noun : an arch having less height than half its width (as a segmental or three centered arch) compare drop arc …
67diminished seventh — noun 1. : a chord comprised of three superimposed minor thirds see seventh chord illustration 2. : an interval less by one half step than the minor seventh …
68diminished shaft — noun : the shaft of a tapering column …
69diminished capacity — …
70Half-diminished seventh chord — See also: Dominant seventh flat five chord half diminished seventh chord Component intervals from root minor seventh diminished fifth (tritone) …