condonation
UK/,kɔndəu'neiʃən/US/kɔndәu'neiʃәn/
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释义
n.
The act of forgiving or silently overlooking an offense (often a formal/legal term)
宽恕；（默许的）赦免
词根拆分
词根派生con-（加强义，彻底）+ don（给）+ -ation = condone 的名词形式，即「放弃追究的权利」。condone 是把过错「让渡过去」而不惩罚，condonation 就是这种宽恕。
词根 dit 还连着 69 个词例句
- 1.
Staying in the marriage may count as condonation of the affair.
继续维持婚姻可能被视为对那段外遇的宽恕。
- 2.
Their silence was taken as condonation of the misconduct.
他们的沉默被当作对该不当行为的默许宽恕。