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Definition of Condoning
1. condone [v] - See also: condone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Condoning
Literary usage of Condoning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1903)
"They go a long way toward explaining, if not condoning, the spirit of injustice
and hostility in which Dickens sat down to the writing of Martin ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"His saved Rome from Attila, and the Romans from Gen- seric. lie could be unbending
in the enunciation of principle; he was condescending in the condoning of ..."
3. American Law of Real Estate Agency: Including the Duties and Liabilities of by William Slee Walker (1922)
"Joint owner condoning fraud liable for benefits received. A joint owner of real
estate who consents to a listing thereof by his co-owner with real estate ..."
4. Forms of Judgments and Orders in the High Court of Justice and Court of by Henry Wilmot Seton, Cecil Clare Marston Dale, W. Clowes, Great Britain Court of Appeal (1891)
"... see St. John's Coll. v. Carter, V.-C., 8 Feb. 1839, B. 173; 4 M. & C. 497. 2.
Order condoning Contempt—Deft paying Costs of Motion. ..."
5. The National Review edited by Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot (1860)
"There are many beautiful passages, full of this merciful and condoning spirit,
even in works where he exercises with rigid severity the functions of a judge ..."
6. The Life and Times of Sir John Charles Molteno, K.C.M.G., First Premier of by Percy Alport Molteno (1900)
"... Defence—Papers withheld—Real Issue not met—Mr. Merriman's Reply—Party action
of Governor—Fatal results of condoning Governor's action—South Africa ..."
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