insanity in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for insanity in the English»French Dictionary

insanity [Brit ɪnˈsanəti, Am ɪnˈsænədi] N

1. insanity (gen):

insanity (of person, plan)

folie f

2. insanity LAW:

insanity

aliénation f mentale

to enter a plea of insanity LAW

faire valoir une exception d'irresponsabilité pour cause d'aliénation mentale

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to plead insanity LAW

plaider la démence

to make a plea of self-defence/insanity

plaider la légitime défense/la démence

to lodge an appeal on the grounds of insanity

faire appel en arguant la folie

Translations for insanity in the French»English Dictionary

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déraisonnable

insanity

à la limite du déraisonnable

bordering on insanity

aliénation, a. aliénation mentale

insanity

démence

madness, insanity

plaider la démence LAW

to plead insanity

insanité

insanity

insanity in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for insanity in the English»French Dictionary

insanity [ɪnˈsænəti, Am -t̬i] N no pl, no indef art

1. insanity MED (mental illness):

insanity

insanité f

to plead insanity

plaider une irresponsabilité

2. insanity inf (craziness):

insanity

folie f

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plead insanity

plaider

to preserve sb from insanity

préserver qn de la folie

Translations for insanity in the French»English Dictionary

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insanité d'une personne

insanity

aliénation mentale

insanity

insanity Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to preserve sb from insanity

préserver qn de la folie

to plead insanity

plaider une irresponsabilité

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

A plea of insanity was rejected by the court.

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Its effects were skin lesions and in some cases it could lead to insanity.

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I loved the wall and the insanity of the place.

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As a result, his insanity and determination increased.

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Its members seek only to recreate through music the insanity and terror they believe is all around them.

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Some issues, such as whether an insanity defense can be withdrawn upon appeal, have not been settled.

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Sickles was acquitted in the first use of the temporary insanity defense.

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We are driven to insanity by the situation.

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He made it clear he would plead insanity.

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Homer's insanity gradually fades and the family freezes in the snow while watching with him.

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