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
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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.
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But subsequent misconduct will revive the offence as if there had been no condonation.
From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Ringrose, Hyacinthe
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
Limitations to Right of Action.—Collusion, connivance, condonation or recrimination extinguishes the right to a divorce.
From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Ringrose, Hyacinthe
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