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- adjective That can be
condoned
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Examples
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This is no more condonable than Fairy Larry's wide stance, after years of persecuting gay people.
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That in the past philosophers only rarely took notice of disability is understandable, if not condonable.
Feminist Perspectives on Disability Silvers, Anita 2009
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The point here, then, is that the first two instances, while not being condonable occurences in the least, seem to have been perpetrated by a minority of the population, who in the case of Pakistan are already wanted men.
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This is no more condonable than Fairy Larry's wide stance, after years of persecuting gay people.
September 2009 2009
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This is no more condonable than Fairy Larry's wide stance, after years of persecuting gay people.
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The conditions in these barracks are not condonable but they are better than living in a tent and sleeping on the ground.
Decrepit Army Barracks Exposed on YouTube - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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That at least is sort of understandable in the political realm: maybe not condonable, but understandable.
Mark Green: 7 Days: Why McCain Flip-Flops More Than Obama, w/ Alter, Huffington, Reagan & Green 2008
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Kids today would barely even notice the subtle messages of condonable female-on-male violence in those lyrics.
"No one wants to miss 20 6-year-olds in red cowboy hats tapping to 'These Boots Are Made for Walkin'." Ann Althouse 2008
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How can he sleep at night, knowing that this kind of horrendous abuse he found condonable by his SILENCE, will only lead to MORE HATRED against America!
Think Progress » Frist and Torture: What Did He Know and When Did He Know It? 2005
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I certainly don't think the way he's acting is condonable.
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