Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of condoning, especially the implied forgiveness of an offense by ignoring it.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of condoning, or of pardoning a wrong act: as, the condonation of an offense.
- noun Specifically In law, the act or course of conduct by which a husband or a wife is held to have pardoned a matrimonial offense committed by the other, as the taking back of his wife by a husband, knowing that she has committed adultery. To have this effect, the conduct must be such as to imply intentional and voluntary remission.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of condoning or pardoning.
- noun (Law) Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adultery, with an implied condition that the offense shall not be repeated.
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- noun The
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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a pardon by treating the offender as if the offense had not occurred
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Examples
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No doubt, in numberless instances, condonation is possible.
A Letter to the Queen on Lord Chancellor Cransworth's Marriage and Divorce Bill 1855
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Last week's term was condonation, which is defined as:
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Last week's term was condonation, which is defined as:
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Last week's term was condonation, which is defined as:
Legal Definitions 2008
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In technical language, any such forgiveness or overlooking is called condonation, and it is a complete bar to further action for the time being.
The Country House John Galsworthy 1900
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In technical language, any such forgiveness or overlooking is called condonation, and it is a complete bar to further action for the time being.
Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900
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Why is such a man to be sheltered under the Lord Chancellor's term of "only a little profligate," – and "condonation" be supposed the only proper notice of his conduct?
A Letter to the Queen on Lord Chancellor Cransworth's Marriage and Divorce Bill 1855
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With these judges, and not with the wife, remains the great decree which will pronounce whether "condonation" was or was not absolutely impossible, under the circumstances she pleads as her argument for liberty.
A Letter to the Queen on Lord Chancellor Cransworth's Marriage and Divorce Bill 1855
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The furthest anyone on the left will go is condonation, but only as a last resort.
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Understanding, however, does not imply condonation; or else, for example, we would look at the Third Reich as an instance of cultural expression (which of course it was) and proceed to excuse the Holocaust as simply "what Germans did."
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