condonation
Example Sentences
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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
A stern old lady told her once that such condonation of offenses was unprincipled and immoral.
From Sword and Gown A Novel by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)
Equally delighted was his patron at having secured condonation at such a cheap rate, for what might otherwise have proved not only a costly case but a ruinous scandal.
From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne
These held a phratry council which in a body addressed itself to the other phratry, in order to prevail on the latter to assemble in council and effect a condonation of the matter.
From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Engels, Friedrich
