condone

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  1. transitive verb To overlook, forgive, or disregard (an offense) without protest or censure. See Synonyms at forgive.

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  • In no way does Legal Antics or Nicole L. Black endorse, condone, agree with, sponsor, etc. these comments. —  Sui Generis-a New York Law Blog
  • Biotechnology News, GEN Publishing, Inc., or Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. endorse, condone, agree with, sponsor, etc. these comments. —  GEN News Highlights
  • London - The British government Thursday defended the suppression of secret service evidence relating to Guantanamo Bay detainees while insisting that Britain would "never condone, authorize or cooperate in torture." —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
  • He has escaped the laws of England, but he cannot escape me She shrank involuntarily, her now frightened eyes fixed upon the face of this man, whose patriotism, whose zeal, whose incredibly lofty purpose she did not, could not, doubt, but whose methods she could, not condone--by whose will her own father had suffered. —  The Sins of Séverac Bablon
  • But could an apt phrase condone the accoutrements? —  The Brook Kerith A Syrian story
 

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  1. Latin condōnāre : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + dōnāre, to give (from dōnum, gift; see dō- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. = Old French condoner, conduner, condonner, cunduner, permit, suffer, pardon, = Spanish Portuguese condonar = Italian condonare, from Latin condonare, give, give up, remit, refrain from punishing, from com- + donare, give: see donate.
 

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/kənˈdoʊn/
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