'circumstances' definitions:

Definition of 'circumstances'

From: WordNet
noun
Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion" [syn: fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion]
noun
A person's financial situation (good or bad); "he found himself in straitened circumstances"

Synonyms of 'circumstances'

From: Moby Thesaurus