condescendence
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"Revise the condescendence there, Drumwhussle," replied the laird.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
This must be a very different sort of business from the weariful Parliament House, and the two square yards of processes, with a fee of three guineas for many an interminable condescendence.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 by Various
"Revise that part o' the condescendence, Mrs Drumwhussle," said the laird, in allusion to the said insinuation.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
He spoke softly, confidently, with a simplicity, in which was felt condescendence toward the interlocutor.
From The Man Who Was Afraid by Herman Bernstein
The enterprising, unpersevering, capricious, Thrasonic character of their Sovereign renders it probable he will avail himself of this little condescendence in the Brabantines to recede from all his innovations.
From The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) by Thomas Jefferson
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