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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of condone.

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Examples

  • "You are convicting us of wrongdoing for something that our religion condones, which is standing by fellow Muslims against the American occupiers of Muslim land in Afghanistan," he said, raising his right arm and pointing his finger at the three-man tribunal.

    chron.com Chronicle 2011

  • As such, whether he "condones" the ad or not is not relevant, and, in my view, it would not be proper to ask.

    Pentagon: Rudy Ad's Use Of Petraeus Image Done "Without His Consent" 2009

  • As such, whether he "condones" the ad or not is not relevant, and, in my view, it would not be proper to ask.

    Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Pentagon: Rudy Ad's Use Of Petraeus Image Done "Without His Consent" 2009

  • "Sin Wagon" condones "mattress dancin '," and blasphemously interpolates the gospel classic "I'll Fly Away"; in "Goodbye Earl," Thelma-and-Louise-like friends poison an abusive husband's black-eyed peas.

    Good Old Grrrls 2008

  • One NGO representative at the Review meeting commented to Ekkklesia about the Iranian leader's contribution: "Many of us agree that Israeli government policy amounts to apartheid, but we also despise the anti-semitism that Ahmadinejad condones [nb: only" condones "] and his appallling human rights record.

    Telegraph Blogs 2009

  • One NGO representative at the Review meeting commented to Ekkklesia about the Iranian leader's contribution: "Many of us agree that Israeli government policy amounts to apartheid, but we also despise the anti-semitism that Ahmadinejad condones [nb: only" condones "] and his appallling human rights record.

    Telegraph Blogs 2009

  • One NGO representative at the Review meeting commented to Ekkklesia about the Iranian leader's contribution: "Many of us agree that Israeli government policy amounts to apartheid, but we also despise the anti-semitism that Ahmadinejad condones [nb: only" condones "] and his appallling human rights record.

    Telegraph Blogs 2009

  • One NGO representative at the Review meeting commented to Ekkklesia about the Iranian leader's contribution: "Many of us agree that Israeli government policy amounts to apartheid, but we also despise the anti-semitism that Ahmadinejad condones [nb: only" condones "] and his appallling human rights record.

    Telegraph Blogs 2009

  • The UN resolution condones whatever means necessary to prevent a humanitarian outrage.

    Stephen Herrington: Libya -- It Can Work Stephen Herrington 2011

  • Washington directly and indirectly condones the Saudi view by arming, financing and defending groups and governments who target Iran and Shia populations, only some of whom may have a natural affinity with a Shia-majority state like Iran.

    Sharmine Narwani: Three Mideast Stink Bombs Sharmine Narwani 2011

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