🤷 Forgiving wrongdoing 💔 Forgiving a spouse 💸 Canceling a debt

condonement

9.9

A spouse forgiving a partner's cheating or other serious marital wrongs so they cannot be used for divorce

noun
/kənˈdoʊnmənt/

Formal

: condonación

The judge ruled that her condonement of his actions meant she could not use them as grounds for divorce.

Examples

In some cases, condonement can prevent a divorce from being filed.
His lawyer argued that there was no evidence of condonement after the affair.
Repeated condonement of marital misconduct can affect the outcome of legal proceedings.
The judge ruled that the condonement of the affair allowed the marriage to continue.
The judge ruled that her condonement of his cheating meant she could not file for divorce based on that misconduct.
In family law, frequent condonement of a spouse's infidelity can lead to challenges in obtaining a divorce.
His claim of condonement during the legal proceedings was dismissed due to the evidence of ongoing marital disputes.

Synonyms

condonation

vscondonement

Formal

1 9.9

To forgive or ignore a wrong action, often in law

applies only to forgiving a spouse's marital misconduct that can prevent divorce

Antonyms

divorce

963 2.9

An official ending of a marriage by a court

separation

Formal

95 3.7

When married people stop living together but are not divorced

How Forgiving

forgiveness

333 2.2

condonement

Formal

9.9

tolerance

160 3.7

Surface Forms

condonement singular

condonements plural

Morphology

condonement = condone (semi-transparent) = condone + ment

Morphologically regular (condone + -ment) but in family law it denotes a specialised legal doctrine about forgiving marital misconduct, which is less predictable to learners.

Etymology

Condonement comes from the Latin verb condonare, with con- 'completely' and donare 'to give', the same root as donate. In marriage law it is like 'giving up' your right to complain by forgiving your partner, so you may not be able to use that behaviour later as a reason for divorce.