to condone
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6.8
- verb
- /kənˈdoʊn/
- I may even agree in principle with your activism, but the school cannot condone the destruction of private property, no matter how just the cause.
- condone the actions
- condone unethical behavior
- condone the practice
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Watch on YouTubeNow as I said before, I do not condone smoking.
- Now as I said before, I do not condone smoking.
- But you know, we're not condoning hate speech at all.
- You don't agree with it, probably, you don't necessarily condone the behavior.
- You know, I wish everyone well, but like, I don't have to condone that or endorse that.
- I do not condone or promote the use of violence.
- You're not condoning this lifestyle or these choices.
- This doesn't require you to condone their actions.
- And I didn't really see the film condoning his behavior.
- And again, what I don't, I don't condone it.
- The consequence of just condoning violence in a very open way in our society.
- I don't, I don't condone murder and I don't want murder for anybody.
- And I don't know that it was condoned, but I think that it was, it was overlooked.
- But of course they condoned it by, you know, by turning a blind eye.
- And so yeah, this movement is not going to be condoned by these five horsemen of diabetic deception.
- I'm by no means suggesting that any Muslim that I certainly know or grown up with would condone any kind of terrorist attack.
- You're not we're not we don't condone falling in love with your AI system.
Examples
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Not that I personally condone it, but you have to expect some.
Fiction book (1992) -
You see, the new ownership of this establishment doesn't condone underage drinking.
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Our men do not sleep with each other, and under no circumstances do we condone violence.
Fiction book (1993) -
Now as I said before, I do not condone smoking.
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And even if he had not, no decent person could condone murder.
Fiction book (1993) -
"The Federation does not condone torture under any circumstances." "Why not?"
Fiction book (1992) -
And we cannot state more emphatically that we do not condone this use of our product.
Fiction book (1999) -
We don't condone violence outside of the dojo.
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It was a serious misjudgment to condone it, an embarrassment to all of us.
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I do not condone any form of cheating in this competition.
Synonyms
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2.2
Forgive a fault or bad behaviour
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3.5
To tolerate an unpleasant situation without complaining
275
3.0
To forgive someone for a small mistake or rude act
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3.2
Allow people or ideas you do not agree with
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3.5
To accept something bad or wrong without complaining
10
8.3
To allow something by showing approval
Antonyms
How Forgiving
- Formal
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3.9
∞
1.4
106
6.8
46
2.5
205
2.9
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3.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
Condone comes from Latin parts con- 'with' and donare 'to give', the same root as donate. It first meant 'to give up' or 'forgive', so today to condone is to 'allow' or 'overlook' wrong behaviour as if you let it pass instead of stopping it.