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A pardon by treating the offender as if the offense had not occurred
Answer for the clue "A pardon by treating the offender as if the offense had not occurred ", 11 letters:
condonation
Word definitions for condonation in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a pardon by treating the offender as if the offense had not occurred
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Condonation \Con`do*na"tion\, n. [L. condonatio a giving away.] The act of condoning or pardoning. (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 ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Condonation , or condonance may be made when an accuser has previously forgiven or condoned (in some way or at some level supported) the act about which they are complaining. In some legal jurisdictions, and for certain behaviors, it may prevent the accuser ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The condoning of an offence 2 The forgiveness of matrimonial infidelity
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, from Latin condonationem (nominative condonatio ) "a giving away," noun of action from condonare (see condone ).
Usage examples of condonation.
In European countries, condonation of such grievous wrongs as the Khilafat and the Punjab would have resulted in a bloody revolution by the people.
When one remembers the condonation upon the part of the British of the use of their own uniforms by the Boers, of the wholesale breaking of paroles, of the continual use of expansive bullets, of the abuse of the pass system and of the red cross, it is impossible to blame them for showing some severity in the stamping out of armed rebellion within their own Colony.
The wheel of fate had now revolved, and amid silences deep and exhaustive, compunctions and condonations alike unutterable, Saltram was reinstated.