condonation

American  

[kon-doh-ney-shuhn] / ˌkɒn doʊˈneɪ ʃən /

Also condonance

noun

1. the act of condoning; the overlooking or implied forgiving of an offense.

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Other Word Forms

• noncondonation noun

Etymology

Origin of condonation

1615–25; < New Latin condōnātiōn- (stem of condōnātiō ), Latin: a giving away, equivalent to condōnāt ( us ) (past participle of condōnāre; condone ) + -iōn- -ion. See con-, donation

Example Sentences

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

I also wondered what effect a condonation of Judge Haynsworth's actions would have on the judiciary at large.

From Time Magazine Archive

She condoned Lotty's loose way of talking of heaven, because in such a place, on such a morning, condonation was in the very air.

From The Enchanted April by Elizabeth

Limitations to Right of Action.—Collusion, connivance, condonation or recrimination extinguishes the right to a divorce.

From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Ringrose, Hyacinthe

Surely the negligence which makes such profanations possible is the offer of opportunity to Deicide, and great carelessness is cousin to condonation.

From Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer by Waite, Arthur Edward