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.