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
But subsequent misconduct will revive the offence as if there had been no condonation.
From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Ringrose, Hyacinthe
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.
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 Newman, John Henry
