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

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

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.

Condonation.—The right to a divorce is lost by condonation of the offence relied upon as a cause.

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