Con`do*na"tion (?), n. [L. condonatio a giving away.]

1.

The act of condoning or pardoning.

2. Law

Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adultery, with an implied condition that the offense shall not be repeated.

Bouvier. Wharton.

 

© Webster 1913.

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