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
  • At the end of regret-flow plotlines, husbands tend to beg their wives for forgiveness by dropping to their knees.
    Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
  • In South Texas, blood runs deeper, forgiveness is fleeting, and the cost of survival might just be your soul, per the logline.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • McCrory also floated the possibility of Henry starting a new program at Blue Hills to help people obtain judicial pardons.
    Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Herzog has been under intense pressure both to issue a pardon from Netanyahu’s supporters and to deny him one from his opponents and those worried about equality under the law.
    Galit Altstein, Bloomberg, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Personalized treatments could help the field move beyond symptom suppression and toward functional remission, optimizing the probability of therapeutic success and eventually evolving into improved prevention.
    Eric J. Nestler, STAT, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Roundup user argues cancer warning needed Durnell's cancer is in remission, but his lawyers say multiple rounds of chemotherapy have left a lasting mark, including continuing issues with his legs.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Believers confess their sins to a priest, receive spiritual guidance and absolution and typically are required to make an act of contrition like saying specific prayers.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The priest goes with the mestizo, but the man refuses confession and dies without absolution.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • His acquittal, which led to a public outcry, had an impact on the federal insanity defense — leading to a shift in the burden of proof.
    Katrina Kaufman, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • On Monday, lawyers for the defendants moved for an acquittal on behalf of their clients, arguing that the government had failed to prove a conspiracy.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The right of publicity, however, doesn’t always work for plaintiffs who seek vindication for misappropriation or false endorsement.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Apr. 2026
  • But, today was not a day for verdicts or vindication.
    Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026

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“Condonation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/condonation. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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