condonation

[ kon-doh-ney-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of condoning; the overlooking or implied forgiving of an offense.

Other Words From

• noncon·do·nation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of condonation¹

1615–25; < New Latin condōnātiōn- (stem of condōnātiō ), Latin: a giving away, equivalent to condōnāt ( us ) (past participle of condōnāre; condone ) + -iōn- -ion. See con-, donation

Example Sentences

However, I repeat, you have transformed it by your generous condonation—you have helped me to tell you a small scrap of my story.

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A dramatic contest ran through this session on the part of the banks to obtain further condonation in the suspension of specie payments.

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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.

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But subsequent misconduct will revive the offence as if there had been no condonation.

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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.

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