Connivance

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  • noun. The act of conniving.
  • noun. Cooperation in the commission of an illegal or wrongful act.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of conniving, tacitly permitting, or indirectly aiding; collusion by withholding condemnation or exposure; tacit or implied encouragement, especially of wrong-doing.
  • noun. In the law of divorce, specifically, the corrupt consenting of a married person to that conduct in the spouse of which complaint is afterward made.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or coöperation.
  • noun. Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The process of conniving.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. agreement on a secret plot
  • noun. (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing
    • Word Usage
    "The mob burnt down shops and even outlets selling milk allegedly in connivance with the police"
    cross-reference
    collusion  consent  coöperation  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    approval  commendation  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    contrivance  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    absent-mindedness  collusion  complicity  cooeperation  coöperation  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    OK  acceptance  accord  acquiescence  affirmation  
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