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

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

Mr. Gladstone might have put it on the narrower ground that attendance at the dinner would be an explicit condonation of Disraeli's misdeeds ten years before, and a direct acceptance of his leadership henceforth.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by Morley, John

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