condonation
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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 Erskine Childers
Defences.—In all the States condonation of a matrimonial offence, which is a legal cause for divorce, is a good defence to the petition.
From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Hyacinthe Ringrose
A dramatic contest ran through this session on the part of the banks to obtain further condonation in the suspension of specie payments.
From Lincoln, the Politician by T. Aaron Levy
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