condone

[US]/kənˈdəʊn/
[UK]/kənˈdoʊn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

Condone: to overlook or forgive an offense; to tolerate or excuse behavior or actions.

Example Sentences

condone a person's faults

People cannot condone the use of fierce violence.

I cannot condone the use of violence.

parents who condone their children’s truancy

good qualities that condone his many shortcomings

Do you condone his sin?

We cannot condone violence of any sort.

Failure to protest police brutality may indicate a willingness to condone it.

the college cannot condone any behaviour that involves illicit drugs.

those arrested were released and the exhibition was officially condoned a few weeks later.

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