condonation

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Recent Examples of condonation Indeed, the silence and seeming condonation grow more marked as the years go by. Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for condonation
Noun
  • Last month the department scrapped the SAVE Plan, which was created under former President Biden and offered lower payments and a quicker path to student loan forgiveness.
    Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • However, Ye’s call for forgiveness has garnered a seemingly lukewarm response from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The White House doesn’t comment on potential clemency requests, but the president is the ultimate decider on pardons and commutations.
    Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The White House is sifting through thousands of clemency requests, including a pardon bid by Archegos Capital Management founder Bill Hwang, who was convicted over the collapse of his $36 billion family office.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • All in the study achieved remission by day 28, and 9 reached deep remission.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • After years of living under the shadow of a fatal leukemia diagnosis, remission arrives not with relief, but with weight.
    Phillip Halpern, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Whatever absolution could be provided in the deaths of Michael, Marcy and Jennifer Jacobs or the disappearance of Ricky McCarthy would still mean something to their families.
    Graham Womack Updated January 15, Sacbee.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • His critics say that a man who fired a shot into a crowd deserves no absolution, regardless of his prior service to the country.
    Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The acquittals of these officers also contrast with the successful prosecutions in Michigan and Illinois against the parents of mass shooters.
    Elise Hammond, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Miller said Martinez's acquittal could have some impact on the wider conversation about immigration enforcement, and could undermine public trust in the federal government and affect federal prosecutors' credibility with judges hearing their cases.
    Sara Machi, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But that the winning goal arrived through Enderby from the bench was its own form of vindication.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Capote finds little vindication there.
    Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026

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“Condonation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/condonation. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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