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

The silly raid of 1895 and its condonation by public opinion in England hastened the explosion.

From The Framework of Home Rule by Childers, Erskine

But the loss was a gain to memory and love; it was to her too, at last, that, in condonation of her treachery, the old things had crept back.

From The Spoils of Poynton by James, Henry

That men love though they suffer is the woman's triumph, guilt, and condonation; and so long as the trick succeeds it will be practiced.

From Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by Calhoun, Lucia Gilbert