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condonation

condonation noun: the condoning of an offence.

Noun

condonation (countable and uncountable, plural condonations)

  1. The condoning of an offence.
    • After a time it was generally assumed that he could no longer be ignorant, and that his condonation of her behaviour was a further caution to silence.1934, Robert Graves, chapter 6, in I, Claudius, Penguin, published 1953, page 72
  2. The forgiveness of matrimonial infidelity.
  3. A legal defense made when an accuser had forgiven or chosen to ignore an act about which they were legally complaining.

condonation meaning in Tamil

condonation in Tamil

பிழை பொறுத்தல், பொருட்படுத்தாதுவிடல், பொறுத்தருளுமை, மன்னிப்பு

Forms of condonation

pluralcondonations

Origin of condonation

Learned borrowing from Latin condōnātiō, condōnātiōnem. Equivalent to condone + -ation.

Words formed from condonation

Questions about condonation

What does condonation mean?
Condonation means the condoning of an offence.
What is condonation in Tamil?
Condonation in Tamil is பிழை பொறுத்தல், பொருட்படுத்தாதுவிடல், பொறுத்தருளுமை. See Condonation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is condonation?
Condonation is a noun.
What is the plural of condonation?
The plural of condonation is condonations.

Words near condonation in the dictionary

  1. condoms
  2. Condon
  3. condonable
  4. condonance
  5. condonances
  6. condonation
  7. condonations
  8. condonative
  9. condone
  10. condoned
  11. condonement

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Adapted from Wiktionary: condonation (page history and authors); condonation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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