condone
- 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.
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ignore, excuse, forget, forgive, buy, okay, pardon, overlook, remit, disregardExamples from the Web for condone
Contemporary Examples of condone
In an act of corporal punishment that we at the Daily Beast do not condone, Joseph grabbed Him by the ear and “pulled hard.”
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.
I cannot condone the PA's performance or its behavior—and I have told them so.
Historical Examples of condone
She could even understand those facts, though she could not condone them.
The Woman Thou Gavest MeHall Caine
Sin itself is often easier than simpleness to pardon and condone.
The ManxmanHall Caine
That erstwhile habit of Sakr-el-Bahr's was one not easy to condone.
The Sea-HawkRaphael Sabatini
I simply do not understand your language, and even less can I condone your haste!
We're Friends, NowHenry Hasse
There are faults, and these of a kind this present age is ill-disposed to condone.
Views and ReviewsWilliam Ernest Henley
condone
- to overlook or forgive (an offence)
- law (esp of a spouse) to pardon or overlook (an offence, usually adultery)