condone 音标拼音: [kənd'on]
vt . 赦,宽恕
赦,宽恕
condone v 1 :
excuse ,
overlook ,
or make allowances for ;
be lenient with ;
"
excuse someone '
s behavior "; "
She condoned her husband '
s occasional infidelities " [
synonym : {
excuse }, {
condone }]
Condone \
Con *
done "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Condoned };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Condoning }.] [
L .
condonare , -
donatum ,
to give up ,
remit ,
forgive ;
con -
donare to give .
See {
Donate }.]
1 .
To pardon ;
to forgive .
[
1913 Webster ]
A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned .
--
W .
Black .
[
1913 Webster ]
It would have been magnanimous in the men then in power to have overlooked all these things ,
and ,
condoning the politics ,
to have rewarded the poetry of Burns . --
J .
C .
Shairp .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Law )
To pardon ;
to overlook the offense of ;
esp .,
to forgive for a violation of the marriage law ; --
said of either the husband or the wife .
[
1913 Webster ]
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "
condone ":
abide with ,
accept ,
allow for ,
be big ,
be content with ,
be easy with ,
bear ,
bear with ,
blink at ,
brook ,
connive at ,
countenance ,
disregard ,
endure ,
forget ,
forgive ,
grin and abide ,
have ,
hear of ,
ignore ,
indulge ,
judge not ,
lean over backwards ,
leave unavenged ,
let go by ,
let it go ,
let pass ,
listen to reason ,
live with ,
make allowances for ,
not write off ,
obey ,
overlook ,
pardon ,
pass over ,
pocket the affront ,
put up with ,
regard with indulgence ,
remit ,
rise above ,
see both sides ,
shrug ,
shrug it off ,
stand for ,
stomach ,
submit to ,
suffer ,
suspend judgment ,
take ,
tolerate ,
view with indulgence ,
wink at ,
yield to
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CONDONE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster condone implies that one overlooks without censure behavior (such as dishonesty or violence) that involves a serious breach of a moral, ethical, or legal code, and the term may refer to the behavior or to the agent responsible for it