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condescendence|kɒndɪˈsɛndəns|
Also -ance.
[a. F. condescendance (= It. condescendenza, Sp. condescendencia), f. L. type *condēscendentia, f. pr. pple. of condēscendĕre; see above and -ance, -ence.]
1. Condescension; complaisance; compliance, concession.
1638Chillingw. Relig. Prot. Pref. §29 With more rigor, and lesse indulgence and condescendence to the desires of flesh and blood. 1675R. Barclay Apol. Quakers vii. §8. 223 We must, in condescendence to some, use this word. 1700Phil. Trans. XXII. 461 This resolution does not proceed from any condescendence to the Roman Catholics. 1791T. Jefferson Writ. (1859) III. 277 The offer..was an unusual condescendence. 1868E. S. Ffoulkes Ch. Creed or Crown's Cr. 41 The Alexandrine fathers, a.d. 362, under S. Athanasius, probably went greater lengths in condescendence than any Council before or since.
2. Sc. A specification of particulars.
In Scots law, an articulate statement, on the part of the pursuer, of the grounds of action, which, with the answers of the defender admitting or denying these, and a note of pleas in law for both parties, is annexed to a summons, and forms a part of it.
1663Spalding Troub. Chas. I (1792) I. 84 (Jam.) As by the particular condescendence contained in their imprinted protestations at large does appear. 1754Erskine Princ. Sc. Law (1809) 294 The party..was..allowed to condescend who the witnesses were; which condescendence, etc. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. v, I'll take a day to see and answer every article of your condescendence. 1860Cases Decided in the Court of Session (Dunlop Ser. 2) XXII. 451 In articles 3 to 16 of the condescendence, the pursuers set out the provisions of the contract of copartnery. |