condonation

English

Etymology

condone +‎ -ation?

Noun

condonation (countable and uncountable, plural condonations)

1. The condoning of an offence.
   • 1934, Robert Graves, I, Claudius, Penguin, 1953, Chapter 6, p. 72,

     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. The forgiveness of matrimonial infidelity.
3. (law) A legal defense made when an accuser had forgiven or chosen to ignore an act about which they were legally complaining. ^Wp

Translations

The condoning of an offence

• Bulgarian: прошка (bg) f (proška)
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