mitigating circumstance vs law

mitigating circumstance and law both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mitigating circumstance	Yes	No	No	No
law	Yes	No	No	No

mitigating circumstance (noun)	law (noun)
(law) a circumstance that does not exonerate a person but which reduces the penalty associated with the offense	the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system
	a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
	a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
	the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
	legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
	the collection of rules imposed by authority
	the force of policemen and officers