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
- 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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