condone
IPA: kʌndˈoʊn
verb
- (transitive) To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).
- (transitive) To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).
- (transitive, law) To forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense).
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Examples of "condone" in Sentences
- The hanging was widely condoned.
- Why should WP condone such cliquish behavior
- Freedom of the press is officially guaranteed and condoned.
- Nor did the rest of the resepective armed forces condone it.
- The college does not condone the commission of homosexual acts.
- Is the use of metaphor or simile condoned by the Manual of Style
- The problem is that you condemn the former and condone the latter.
- Certainly the plot and story of the film is not one we condone today.
- They rationalize and even condone the butcheries of Muslim terrorists.