condone (verb)
1condone — ► VERB ▪ accept or forgive (an offence or wrongdoing). DERIVATIVES condonation noun. ORIGIN Latin condonare refrain from punishing …
2condone — verb ADVERB ▪ implicitly, tacitly VERB + CONDONE ▪ cannot ▪ We cannot condone violence of any sort. Condone is used with these nouns as the object: ↑act, ↑ …
3condone — con·done /kən dōn/ vt con·doned, con·don·ing [Latin condonare to give away, absolve]: to pardon or overlook voluntarily Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. condone …
4condone — verb (T) to accept or forgive behaviour that most people think is morally wrong: I cannot condone the use of violence under any circumstances …
5condone — verb we cannot condone such dreadful behavior Syn: disregard, accept, allow, let pass, turn a blind eye to, overlook, forget; forgive, pardon, excuse, let go Ant: condemn …
6condone — verb a) To forgive, excuse or overlook (something). b) To allow, accept or permit (something) …
7condone — verb Syn: disregard, accept, allow, let pass, turn a blind eye to, overlook, forget, forgive, pardon, excuse Ant: condemn …
8condone — UK [kənˈdəʊn] / US [kənˈdoʊn] verb [transitive, usually in negatives] Word forms condone : present tense I/you/we/they condone he/she/it condones present participle condoning past tense condoned past participle condoned to approve of behaviour… …
9condone — transitive verb (condoned; condoning) Etymology: Latin condonare to absolve, from com + donare to give more at donation Date: 1805 to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless < a government …
10condone — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. See forgiveness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. pardon, excuse, overlook; see approve 1 , disregard , excuse . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [kun DOHN] to overlook or forgive a… …
