'Condonation' definitions:
Definition of 'condonation'
From: WordNet
noun
A pardon by treating the offender as if the offense had not occurred
Definition of 'Condonation'
From: GCIDE
- Condonation \Con`do*na"tion\, n. [L. condonatio a giving away.]
- 1. The act of condoning or pardoning. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]