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

“The parties may participate in counseling services to effectuate reconciliation and/or may resume living together as husband and wife and their acts and conduct in doing so shall not be determined condonation of any prior misconduct and all acts or actions by the parties prior to the entry of this order shall remain and constitute grounds for divorce.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Our decision to dismiss the obstruction charge is not an endorsement or condonation of Mr. Wyche’s actions but an acknowledgment that his experience that night was of sufficient consequence that justice demands that we do no more as a system,” Biberaj wrote in an email.

From Washington Post

When his daughter, Chiara, was arrested on a charge of unlawful assembly while protesting in early June following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis – accompanied by de Blasio's condonation – some law enforcement saw it as a direct blow to their mandate to protect and serve.

From Fox News

The assertion that the convent was required to receive Isabel “without burden to themselves by the provision of the parents of the said little maid” is interesting, partly because it suggests that the royal and episcopal nominees were not always received at a loss, partly because it looks suspiciously like a condonation of the dowry system by an otherwise strict disciplinarian.

From Project Gutenberg

That building exploit of the Kerrs having thrust the Inclosures Dispute a good deal into the background, and Dafydd Dafis's honourable if sullen refusal to injure men who had risked their lives with him having given that exploit itself a kind of condonation, it seemed as if their Member had merely come to a Sasiwn after all.

From Project Gutenberg