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71Pope Boniface VIII — Pope Boniface VIII † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Boniface VIII (BENEDETTO GAETANO) Born at Anagni about 1235; died at Rome, 11 October, 1303. He was the son of Loffred, a descendant of a noble family originally Spanish, but long… …
72Religious Discussions — Religious Discussions † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Religious Discussions (CONFERENCES, DISPUTATIONS, DEBATES) Religious discussions, as contradistinguished from polemical writings, designate oral dialectical duels, more or less… …
73condonation — con·do·na·tion /ˌkän də nā shən/ n [Medieval Latin condonatio remission, pardon, from Latin condonare to give away, absolve]: voluntary overlooking or pardon of an offense; specif: express or implied and usu. conditional forgiveness of a spouse s …
74extenuating circumstances — noun alleviating circumstances, consideration, exception, extenuation, mitigating circumstances, mitigation, palliation, palliative circumstances, partial excuse, qualification, qualifying reasons, softening circumstances Burton s Legal Thesaurus …
75justification — jus·ti·fi·ca·tion /ˌjəs tə fə kā shən/ n 1: the act or an instance of justifying 2: something that justifies; specif: a legally sufficient reason or cause (as self defense) for an act that would otherwise be criminal or tortious 3: the… …
76clemency — clem·en·cy / kle mən sē/ n pl cies 1: willingness or ability to moderate the severity of a punishment (as a sentence) 2: an act or instance of mercy, compassion, or forgiveness see also amnesty, commute …
77excuse — ex·cuse 1 /ik skyüz/ vb ex·cused, ex·cus·ing vt 1: to grant exemption or release to excused the prospective juror excused the witness after an hour of testimony 2 …
78reason — rea·son n 1: an underlying ground, justification, purpose, motive, or inducement required to provide reason s for the termination in writing 2 a: the faculty of comprehending, inferring, or distinguishing esp. in a fair and orderly way b: the… …
79AVICENNISME LATIN — L’influence d’Avicenne sur la pensée médiévale est telle qu’il est difficile de donner un sens à l’expression d’avicennisme latin sans en réduire en même temps la portée. De fait, comment ramener à l’unité d’un courant isolable la présence… …
80COLTRANE (J.) — Après Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington et Charlie Parker, John Coltrane est considéré par beaucoup comme l’une des figures historiques sans lesquelles le jazz eût suivi d’autres pistes, entretenu d’autres espoirs, poursuivi d’autres chimères. Les… …