third-degree
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See also: third degree
Alternative forms
- in the third degree, 3rd degree
Adjective
third-degree (not comparable)
- At the third level of some system, particularly:
- (law) 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.
- (of burns) An extremely severe level of damage, typically involving major scarring and damage to subcutaneous tissue as well as the epidermis.
- (law) The least severe level of felony, typically involving a lack of planning and/or the presence of various mitigating factors.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- third-degree burn
- third-degree manslaughter
- third-degree murder
- third-degree relative
Translations
severely burnt
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