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

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

Limitations To Right of Action.—The right to obtain a separation is extinguished by condonation, express or tacit.

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

Out came a sovereign smile of humour, sweet raillery, and condonation blended, instant on her investigation of his eyes.

From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence