EGAVE

third-degree

Meaning

  1. adjective At the third level of some system, particularly: The least severe level of felony, typically involving a lack of planning and/or the presence of various mitigating factors.
    The jury found him guilty of third-degree murder since he had only meant to beat the clown, not to kill him.
  2. adjective The least severe level of felony, typically involving a lack of planning and/or the presence of various mitigating factors.
    The jury found him guilty of third-degree murder since he had only meant to beat the clown, not to kill him.
  3. adjective An extremely severe level of damage, typically involving major scarring and damage to subcutaneous tissue as well as the epidermis.

Similar words

second-degree first-degree interlevel subdegree midlevel intrasystem downlevel intergradational second-line intrasystemic

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