condonation
Example Sentences
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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
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
The topic was frivolous and without precedent; moreover, it was unliterary—a heinous offense, difficult of condonation.
From Otherwise Phyllis by Gibson, Charles Dana
Equally delighted was his patron at having secured condonation at such a cheap rate, for what might otherwise have proved not only a costly case but a ruinous scandal.
From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne
