Cŏn'do-nā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. condonatio, from condonare, to give, especially a debt, to pardon, from con and donare, to present, from donum, gift.] 1. The act of pardoning. 2. (Eccl. 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.