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 condoned
Contemporary Examples of condoned
Yet violent images are condoned in the “right” circumstances so long as they do not celebrate brutality.
The coaches thought that if it seemed like they condoned it, people wouldn't let their kids come play for Baylor.
Moreover, neither the Polish government in exile nor the leaders of the Home Army condoned anti-Semitic measures.
“The thought or notion that this kind of behavior is condoned or authorized is just absurd,” Sullivan said, almost scoffing.
Senate Panel Quizzes Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan on Colombian ProstitutesDaniel Stone
May 23, 2012
Afterward someone told the woman that Awlaki had condoned the attacks.
Historical Examples of condoned
She left him a second time and was again deserted, and again he condoned her offence.
The Making Of A NovelistDavid Christie Murray
That any payments due by them to the Public Treasury were to be condoned.
The Philippine IslandsJohn Foreman
They have defended and condoned the industrial exploitation of children.
The Necessity of AtheismDr. D.M. Brooks
But he, a lawyer, condoned them and applauded the harsh and vindictive sentences.
William Pitt and the Great WarJohn Holland Rose
A monstrous proceeding truly, and not to be condoned by any circumstances.
Old Familiar FacesTheodore Watts-Dunton
condone
- to overlook or forgive (an offence)
- law (esp of a spouse) to pardon or overlook (an offence, usually adultery)