Crossword clues for condonation
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 condition that the offense shall not be repeated.
--Bouvier. Wharton.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, from Latin condonationem (nominative condonatio) "a giving away," noun of action from condonare (see condone).
Wiktionary
n. 1 The condoning of an offence 2 The forgiveness of matrimonial infidelity
WordNet
n. a pardon by treating the offender as if the offense had not occurred
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 from prevailing.
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.