condonation

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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

It used to seem some condonation of these sad evils to say that the suppression of the monasteries was brought because of the evil lives of the monks.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.

Tears such as are shed for vestal martyrs have been shed for her, and for all her faults she has the condonation of universal sorrow.

From Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs by Fuller, O. E. (Osgood Eaton)

And yet the treachery and the deceit were so flagrant that surely no condonation was possible.

From Olive in Italy by Dalton, Moray