Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)setting, background, scopethe state of the environment in which a situation exists“you can't do that in a university setting”
(n)mise en scene, stage setting, settingarrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
(n)context, circumstance, settingthe set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event“the historical context”