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单词 condonation
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condonationn.

/kɒndəʊˈneɪʃən/
Etymology: < Latin condōnātiōn-em, noun of action < condōnāre to condone v. The English use was taken from the Latin casuists of the 16–17th cent.: compare the later verb condone v.
a. The pardoning or remission of an offence or fault; the voluntary overlooking of an offence, and treatment of the offender as if it had not been committed; now (under influence of the legal use in b) most frequently used of action towards the offender which tacitly implies that his offence is passed over.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [noun]
forgivenessc900
givenessc1200
remission?c1225
veny?c1225
gracec1300
forgiftc1315
excusinga1340
absolutiona1393
pardona1393
veynea1425
pardoningc1443
pardonancec1475
forgivance1490
remit1490
oblivion1563
remitting1577
remittance1602
remitment1611
condonation1615
excuse1655
condonance1865
1615 T. Jackson Iustifying Faith 246 To holde, that..Gods fauour or condonation (to vse their Latine word with addition of one English letter) is..requisite for our acceptance or approbation with him.
1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 169 The blot..of sin..remaining in the soule of man, in like manner as it did before condonation.
1872 J. Morley Voltaire iii. 92 There ought to be no condonation of the foibles and much less of the moral obliquities of the dead.
1885 ‘E. Garrett’ At Any Cost xvii. 296 Mrs. Brander's easy condonation of the sins of one who was ‘so pleasant in society’.
b. Law. The action of a husband or wife in the forgiving, or acting so as to imply forgiveness, of matrimonial infidelity.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [noun] > specifically of matrimonial infidelity
condonation1788
1788–91 Sir W. Scott in Consistory Rep. I. 130 Condonation is a conditional forgiveness which does not take away the right of complaint in case of a continuation of adultery.
1799 Sir W. Scott in Haggard Rep. I. 793 Condonation is forgiveness legally releasing the injury: it may be express, or implied..It would be hard if condonation by implication was held a strict bar against the wife.
1858 Sir C. Cresswell in Times 15 Dec. 8/6 Condonation meant a blotting-out of the offence imputed, so as to restore the offending party to the position which she occupied before the offence was committed. The English word ‘forgiveness’ as commonly used, did not fully express the meaning of ‘condonation’.
1859 Phillimore in Swabey Rep. I. 348 The word and doctrine of condonation was introduced into the law of England from the Canon Law. The expression ‘Condonatio’ does not even occur in the Civil Law.
c. In classical Latin sense: only in dictionaries.
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1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii A giuing, condonation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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