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condone
[ kuhn-dohn ]
verb (used with object)
- to disregard or overlook (something illegal, objectionable, or the like):
The government condoned the computer hacking among rival corporations.
- to give tacit approval to:
By his silence, he seemed to condone their behavior.
- to pardon or forgive (an offense); excuse:
His employers are willing to condone the exaggerations they uncovered in his résumé.
- to cause the condonation of; justify the pardoning of (an offense).
- Law. to forgive or act so as to imply forgiveness of (a violation of the marriage vow):
His spouse condoned his infidelity from the early years of their marriage.
condone
/ kənˈdəʊn; ˌkɒndəʊˈneɪʃən /
verb
- to overlook or forgive (an offence)
- law (esp of a spouse) to pardon or overlook (an offence, usually adultery)
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Derived Forms
- conˈdonable, adjective
- condonation, noun
- conˈdoner, noun
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Other Words From
- con·dona·ble adjective
- con·doner noun
- uncon·doned adjective
- uncon·doning adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of condone1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of condone1
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Example Sentences
In an act of corporal punishment that we at the Daily Beast do not condone, Joseph grabbed Him by the ear and “pulled hard.”
The union does not under any circumstance condone violence of any kind, including against police officers.
On Thursday, Bridenstine responded that he “did not condone” the comments calling for Obama to be executed.
The grand intelligent design blueprint surely would not and could not condone such a partition.
If you ignore wrongdoing,” said Clohessy, “you condone wrongdoing.
Whatever the past had been, Lady Hartledon appeared to condone it; at least she no longer openly resented it to her husband.
Their admitted reverence for Sheitan constitutes an abomination which neither Moslem nor Christian can condone.
No just-minded person, whatever his sympathies, can condone such unfair and un-British tactics of war.
In the study of war we should seek the causes, be impersonal, and neither condone nor accuse.
Her uncle is wrapped up in her, and so proud of her being a Duchess that he would condone anything.
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