condonation

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noun

The condoning of an offence.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nouncondonation (countable and uncountable, plural condonations)

plural condonations

  1. countableuncountableThe condoning of an offence.

    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.

    1934, Robert Graves, chapter 6, in I, Claudius, Penguin, published 1953, page 72
  2. countableuncountableThe forgiveness of matrimonial infidelity.
  3. countableuncountablelawA legal defense made when an accuser had forgiven or chosen to ignore an act about which they were legally complaining.

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Origin

  1. Latincondōnātiō, condōnātiōnem
  2. Englishcondonation

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

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Translations

Bulgarian прошка
  • прошка (proška)The condoning of an offence
Spanish condonación
  • condonaciónThe condoning of an offence
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APA

condonation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/condonation

MLA

“condonation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/condonation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “condonation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/condonation.

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