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condonation

Pronunciation:  `kândow'neyshun

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 Definition: [n]  a pardon by treating the offender as if the offense had not occurred
 
 See Also: forgiveness, pardon

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Con`do*na"tion\, n. [L. condonatio a giving away.]
1. The act of condoning or pardoning.

2. (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.

 

 

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