condonation
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Origin of condonation
1615–25; < New Latin condōnātiōn- (stem of condōnātiō ), Latin: a giving away, equivalent to condōnāt ( us ) (past participle of condōnāre; see condone) + -iōn- -ion. See con-, donation
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I also wondered what effect a condonation of Judge Haynsworth's actions would have on the judiciary at large.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ushers were surprisingly courteous, refused in the main the few tips offered, moved with a vicarious sanctity, hoped thereby for condonation for sins committed, planned or guarded against by a wilful ceinture de chastité.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Gladstone might have put it on the narrower ground that attendance at the dinner would be an explicit condonation of Disraeli's misdeeds ten years before, and a direct acceptance of his leadership henceforth.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by Morley, John
When after outrage she declines to marry her destroyer, and prefers death to the condonation of her dishonour, she strikes a note and assumes a position till then not merely unrecognised but absolutely undiscovered.
From Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation by Henley, William Ernest
A broken marriage is not repaired by an apparent condonation.
From The Poetry Of Robert Browning by Brooke, Stopford A. (Stopford Augustus)
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