condonation

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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

But the loss was a gain to memory and love; it was to her too, at last, that, in condonation of her treachery, the old things had crept back.

From The Spoils of Poynton by James, Henry

Defences.—In all the States condonation of a matrimonial offence, which is a legal cause for divorce, is a good defence to the petition.

From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Ringrose, Hyacinthe

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