condone
verb (used with object)
to disregard or overlook (something illegal, objectionable, or the like).
condones
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present tense formof condone (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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"No one there condones civilian killings - they know the pain of losing loved ones too well."
From BBC ● May 2, 2025
“Any claim that Chief Hoskin condones individuals or organizations claiming Cherokee identity for personal or organizational profit is false.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2025
He is the author of, most recently, “Dirty Work,” about the morally troubling jobs that society tacitly condones.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
Will Reinert, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, said “no one condones violence against elected officials.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2023
He was evidently of those who consider that an apology condones any offence, and, though she was far from agreeing with him on this point, it was not in her to be churlish.
From The Obstacle Race by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
