Usually means: Reduced mental capacity; less culpable.
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  1. diminished responsibility: Collins English Dictionary
  2. diminished responsibility: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. diminished responsibility: Wiktionary
  4. Diminished responsibility: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. diminished responsibility: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. diminished responsibility: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. diminished responsibility: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Diminished responsibility: Legal dictionary

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  1. diminished responsibility: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (diminished responsibility)

noun:  (law) A defense by which the defendant argues that, although they broke the law, they should not be held fully criminally liable, as their mental functions were impaired.

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