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
I do not think that we asked ourselves questions about approval or disapproval, condemnation or condonation.
From The Great Miss Driver by Hope, Anthony
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 Lee, Sidney, Sir
It used to seem some condonation of these sad evils to say that the suppression of the monasteries was brought because of the evil lives of the monks.
From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.
