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Condone
//kənˈdoʊn// verb
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Verb
- 1 To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked). transitive
"‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police[…]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?"
- 2 excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with wordnet
- 3 To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked). transitive
"Rule-utilitarianism is unlikely to condone torturing a child, but it does imply that the torturing of a child is less evil if the torturer shares his pleasure with other sadists-perhaps by inviting an audience, or broadcasting it on the Internet."
- 4 To forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense). transitive
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin condōnāre (“to forgive”).
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