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

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

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 Ringrose, Hyacinthe

There were many things she wanted to say to him at that moment, and, as she suddenly saw, they were all in condonation of herself.

From Rose MacLeod by Brown, Alice