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
When he gave me that plenary condonation, as it seemed to be, he had already done his best that I should never enjoy it.
From Apologia pro Vita Sua by John Henry Newman
The sonnetteer’s complacent condonation of the young man’s offence chiefly suggests the deference that was essential to the maintenance by a dependent of peaceful relations with a self-willed and self-indulgent patron.
From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Sir Sidney Lee
That men love though they suffer is the woman's triumph, guilt, and condonation; and so long as the trick succeeds it will be practiced.
From Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by Lucia Gilbert Calhoun
