Con*do"lence (?), n. [Cf. F. condolÚance.] Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
Their congratulations and their condolences.
Steele.
A special mission of condolence.
Macaulay.
Con*dol"er (?), n. One who condoles.
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.
Con*done" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Condoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Condoning.] [L. condonare, - donatum, to give up, remit, forgive; con- + donare to give. See Donate.] 1. To pardon; to forgive.
A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned.
W. Black.
It would have been magnanimous in the men then in power to have overlooked all these things, and, condoning the politics, to have rewarded the poetry of Burns.
J. C. Shairp.
2. (Law) To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife.
Con"dor (?), n. [Sp. condor, fr. Peruvian cuntur.] (Zo÷l.) A very large bird of the Vulture family (Sarcorhamphus gryphus), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes.
||Con`dot*tie"re (?), n.; pl. Condottieri (#). [It., captain.] A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest.
Con*duce" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Conduced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conducing.] [L. conducere to bring together, conduce, hire; con- + ducere to lead. See Duke and cf. Conduct, n., Cond.] To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable or desirable result; to contribute; -- usually followed by to or toward.
He was sensible how much such a union would conduce to the happiness of both.
Macaulay.
The reasons you allege do more conduce
To the hot passion of distemper'd blood.
Shak.
Syn. -- To contribute; aid; assist; tend; subserve.