Condone

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  • transitive verb. To overlook, forgive, or disregard (an offense) without protest or censure. synonym: forgive.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To forgive or pardon, as something wrong, especially by implication, as through some act of friendship or confidence toward the offender; overlook, as an offense or fault.
  • Specifically In law, to forgive, or to act so as to imply forgiveness of (a violation of the marriage vow). See condonation, 2.
  • To cause to overlook or forgive; atone for.
  • Synonyms See pardon.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To pardon; to forgive.
  • transitive verb. To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To forgive, excuse or overlook (something).
  • verb. To allow, accept or permit (something).
  • verb. To forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense).
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
    • Word Usage
    "What I DO NOT condone is reducing the debate over an issue to the level of stupid personal attacks."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    forgive  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bastogne  Bayonne  Capone  Cohn  Cologne  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abide with  accept  allow for  be big  be content with  
    verb-form
    condoned  condones  condoning  
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