[responsivevoice] condone [/responsivevoice] [ kuh n-dohn ]
The word of the day is ‘condone.’
The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence
Yes, the past form of the word is condoned.
It means:
1. Make allowance for
2. Accept behaviour that is considered morally wrong or offensive
3. Approve or sanction something with reluctance.
4. Go along with
1. Hindi – Maaph karana
2. Spanish – Condonar
3. French – Fermer les yeux sur
4. Mandarin – Kāng duō ēn
1. Sin itself is often easier than simpleness to pardon and condone.
2. An erstwhile habit of Sakr-el-Bahr’s was not easy to condone.
3. I simply do not understand your language, and even less can I condone your haste!
4. There are faults and these of a kind this present age is ill-disposed to condone
5. The college cannot condone any behaviour that involves illicit drugs.
excuse, forget, forgive, ignore, wink at, buy, disregard, okay, overlook, pardon, remit, give a green light, go along with, lap up, let it come, let it go by, let pass, look the other way, nod at, deliberately ignore, not take into consideration, take no notice of, take no account of, accept, allow, make allowances for, turn a blind eye to, blink at, connive at, bury, let bygones be bygones etc
Some antonyms of the word are:
attend, deny, refuse, regard, respect, veto, censure, condemn, forbid, not allow, prevent, punish
Quotation:
We cannot erase what has been done. We can apologize for it. We can express our outrage. We can say to the American people and to the people of the world, this is not our way and we do not condone it, but we cannot change it and we cannot erase it.
Ben Nelson
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