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“So even if they’re aware that they’re not supposed to condone the way people are speaking, or they shouldn’t be that way in those environments, they will condone it,” she said.

From Salon Feb. 24, 2026

“Ukip does not, has not and never will condone racism,” he told the Mail on Sunday.

From The Guardian Jan. 14, 2018

So you see what you allege against me is not only irrelevant—it implies defect of taste, which is serious in the eyes of society, which will condone crime more readily than vulgarity.

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob

I cannot conceive that the English people and Parliament will condone such monstrous conduct.

From Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by Laughton, John Knox

If she is loved, love in her eyes will condone anything—anything.

From Hints for Lovers by Haultain, T. Arnold (Theodore Arnold)