\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.