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Condonation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The condoning of an offence. countable, uncountable

    "After a time it was generally assumed that he could no longer be ignorant, and that his condonation of her behaviour was a further caution to silence."

  2. 2
    a pardon by treating the offender as if the offense had not occurred wordnet
  3. 3
    The forgiveness of matrimonial infidelity. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A legal defense made when an accuser had forgiven or chosen to ignore an act about which they were legally complaining. ᵂᵖ countable, uncountable

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin condōnātiō, condōnātiōnem. Equivalent to condone + -ation.

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