circumstance /(sẽr"kŭm*stăns)/

cir·cum·stance

circumstance

n.
  1. That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.
    The circumstances are well known in the country where they happened.
  2. An event; a fact; a particular incident.
    The sculptor had in his thoughts the conqueror weeping for new worlds, or the like circumstances in history.
  3. Circumlocution; detail. [Obs.]
    So without more circumstance at all I hold it fit that we shake hands and part.
  4. Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.
    When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.

Phrases & Compounds
Not a circumstance
of no account.
Under the circumstances
taking all things into consideration.

Circumstance

v. t.
  1. To place in a particular situation; to supply relative incidents.
    The poet took the matters of fact as they came down to him and circumstanced them, after his own manner.