The Catholic Church doesn't condone the use of condoms.
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Condone
//kənˈdoʊn//
Synonyms for "condone" (78 found)
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Related words (39)
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1 entriesderived
5 entrieshas context
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7 entriesTranslations
60 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- извинявам verb (to allow)
- опрощавам verb (to forgive)
- позволявам verb (to allow)
- прощавам verb (to forgive)
Catalan
2 entries- condonar verb (to forgive)
- perdonar verb (to forgive)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 容許 /容许 verb (to allow)
Dutch
4 entries- gedogen verb (to forgive)
- toelaten verb (to allow)
- vergeven verb (to forgive)
- vergeven verb (to forgive marital infidelity)
Esperanto
4 entries- pardoni verb (to forgive)
- pardoni verb (to forgive marital infidelity)
- permesi verb (to allow)
- rajtigi verb (to allow)
Finnish
3 entries- antaa anteeksi verb (to forgive)
- hyväksyä verb (to allow)
- suvaita verb (to allow)
French
4 entries- autoriser verb (to allow)
- cautionner verb (to forgive)
- pardonner verb (to forgive)
- pardonner verb (to forgive marital infidelity)
German
4 entries- Untreue vergeben verb (to forgive marital infidelity)
- Untreue verzeihen verb (to forgive marital infidelity)
- akzeptieren verb (to allow)
- billigen verb (to allow)
Japanese
2 entries- 許す verb (to forgive)
- 許す verb (to allow)
Portuguese
1 entries- perdoar verb (to forgive)
Russian
3 entries- допуска́ть verb (to allow)
- проща́ть verb (to forgive)
- разреша́ть verb (to allow)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- math verb (to forgive)
Spanish
4 entries- aprobar verb (to allow)
- condonar verb (to forgive)
- consentir verb (to allow)
- perdonar verb (to forgive)
Swedish
3 entries- ha överseende med verb (to forgive)
- tolerera verb (to forgive)
- överse med verb (to forgive)
Ukrainian
4 entries- дозволяти verb (to allow)
- заплющувати очі verb (to allow)
- потурати verb (to allow)
- пробачати verb (to forgive)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I can't condone what you did.
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The citizens of this small community don't condone public displays of affection.
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I don't condone murder.
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