Condonation

noun

1. The act of condoning, especially the implied forgiveness of an offense by ignoring it.
2. The act of condoning, or of pardoning a wrong act: as, the condonation of an offense.
3. Specifically In law, the act or course of conduct by which a husband or a wife is held to have pardoned a matrimonial offense committed by the other, as the taking back of his wife by a husband, knowing that she has committed adultery. To have this effect, the conduct must be such as to imply intentional and voluntary remission.
4. The act of condoning or pardoning.
5. 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.