condonation
Example Sentences
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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
But condonation may be proved by other acts, or by words, having regard to the circumstances of each case.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
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
