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

I do not think that we asked ourselves questions about approval or disapproval, condemnation or condonation.

From The Great Miss Driver by Hope, Anthony

Tears such as are shed for vestal martyrs have been shed for her, and for all her faults she has the condonation of universal sorrow.

From Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs by Fuller, O. E. (Osgood Eaton)

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