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condonation
[ kon-doh-ney-shuhn ]
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- noncon·do·nation noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of condonation1
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Example Sentences
But scandals, and the contempt for rigid standards their condonation displayed, weren't more than the sharp edge of the trouble.
A stern old lady told her once that such condonation of offenses was unprincipled and immoral.
Swift praised it for its morality, and the Archbishop of Canterbury scored it for its condonation of vice.
It is not because I have pushed the case unduly against James; for that, I am sure of condonation.
Every instance of failure, attended with whatever excuse or condonation, leaves upon us its mark of self-reproach.
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