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
The silly raid of 1895 and its condonation by public opinion in England hastened the explosion.
From The Framework of Home Rule by Childers, Erskine
When after outrage she declines to marry her destroyer, and prefers death to the condonation of her dishonour, she strikes a note and assumes a position till then not merely unrecognised but absolutely undiscovered.
From Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation by Henley, William Ernest
The condonation and applause of that outrage was taken as sure evidence of a barbaric state of opinion, the natural accompaniment of slavery.
From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by Merriam, George Spring
