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Synonyms for condoning


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kuh n-dohn
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈdoʊn



Définition of condoning

Origin :
  • 1857, from Latin condonare "to give up, remit, permit," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + donare "to give" (see donation). Originally a legal term in the Matrimonial Causes Act, which made divorce a civil matter in Britain. Related: Condoned; condoning.
  • adj approving
Example sentences :
  • That was evidently the crime of crimes, the one offence there was no condoning nor overlooking.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Condoning the rebellious marriage, she went off to remonstrate with Nash.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Third Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • He had the strain of Spanish blood, condoning many follies of youth.
  • Extract from : « For the Soul of Rafael » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • The hope is for a reformation, not for any condoning of the offence.
  • Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther » by Walter Adeney
  • Knowing this, then, and condoning it, was she not a part sharer in his guilt?
  • Extract from : « Young Wallingford » by George Randolph Chester
  • Hear the birds all around us loving and condoning, and filling the air with praise.
  • Extract from : « The Entailed Hat » by George Alfred Townsend
  • They feel themselves guilty when the children have no food, and are apt to look upon their greatest faults with condoning eyes.
  • Extract from : « Crimes of Charity » by Konrad Bercovici
  • At the end of that time I will again offer you the choice of detaining me or of condoning what I have done and shall do.
  • Extract from : « The Sins of Sverac Bablon » by Sax Rohmer
  • I will try to put the case before you as an outside person would put it, without softening or condoning.
  • Extract from : « The Militants » by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
  • He becomes used to seeing evil done, and passing it over; he begins by condoning it, and ends by committing it.
  • Extract from : « Scenes from a Courtesan's Life » by Honore de Balzac

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