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
There were many things she wanted to say to him at that moment, and, as she suddenly saw, they were all in condonation of herself.
From Rose MacLeod by Brown, Alice
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
She condoned Lotty's loose way of talking of heaven, because in such a place, on such a morning, condonation was in the very air.
From The Enchanted April by Elizabeth
