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单词 condone
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condonev.

Brit. /kənˈdəʊn/, U.S. /kənˈdoʊn/
Etymology: < Latin condōnāre to present, give up, remit, forgive, pardon, < con- altogether + dōnāre to give (see donate v.).Early dictionary entries apparently merely reproduce the Latin verb:1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Condone, to giue.1656 T. Blount Glossographia Condone or Condonate, to give willingly, to forgive, or pardon.1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Condone, to pardon, to forgive. Not in Johnson, Ash, Todd, Richardson, Webster 1828, or Craig 1847.
1. transitive. To forgive or overlook (an offence), so as to treat it as non-existent; esp. to forgive tacitly by not allowing the offence to make any difference in one's relations with the offender:
a. in technical use, in reference to a violation of the marriage vow. [In its Latin form, a term of the Canon Law and of the casuists: cf. Sanchez De Sancti Matrimonii Sacramento Disputt. (Antwerp 1607) citing Barbosa, ‘Reconciliationem conjugis esse duplicem..expressam, tacitam..tacita autem est quando facto ipso animus condonandi indicatur.’ Hence it came into the Divorce Act of 1857, and thus into ordinary use. The noun condonation n. had been in earlier use, having been originally taken from the casuists as a theological term.]
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > forgive [verb (transitive)] > specifically an offence > matrimonial infidelity
condone1857
1857 Act 20 & 21 Victoria (The Divorce Act) c. 85 §31 And shall not find that the petitioner has..condoned the adultery complained of.
1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xii. 75 The petition will be dismissed if the petitioner has been accessory or conniving..or has condoned (or forgiven) the adultery.
b. in ordinary use.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > forgive [verb (transitive)] > specifically an offence
forgiveOE
atletc1200
to pass overa1425
sparea1425
remit1457
dispense1563
dismissa1616
condonate1656
condone1851
to look over ——1887
1851 T. De Quincey Ld. Carlisle on Pope in Tait's Edinb. Mag. May 312/1 We ‘condone’ his cowardice, to use language of Doctors’ Commons.
1857 R. Congreve Ess. (1874) 84 I conceive we did wrong in seizing India. No subsequent experience warrants our considering that wrong as condoned.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. 273 Charles in his consent would condone before the world the affront of the divorce of Catherine.
1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral i. 9 The Pope condoned the irregularity.
c. loosely. To approve or sanction, usually tacitly; to tolerate.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > approve of, accept, or sanction [verb (transitive)]
loveeOE
underfoc1000
underfong?c1225
undertakea1250
provec1300
allowa1325
favour1340
approvec1380
seem?c1450
conprovec1503
avow1530
rectify1567
annuate1585
to be for1590
sancite1597
improve1603
applauda1616
acclamate1624
resenta1646
own1649
comprobate1660
sanction1797
likea1825
approbate1833
to hold with (arch. of, on, for)1895
agree1900
endorse1914
condone1962
society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > tacitly permit
to wink at1537
pretermit1542
to wink on1546
wink1570
condone1962
1962 K. Kesey One flew over Cuckoo's Nest iv. 303 Every one of these people gave him a look like the whole thing had been planned by him, or at least condoned and authorized.
1965 A. J. P. Taylor Eng. Hist. 1914–45 xi. 372 The League..had refused to condone the use of force.
1975 Facts on File 26 July 536 It condoned experimental use of sheep collars containing sodium cyanide, a lethal but non-persistent poison.
1985 Financial Times 13 Apr. 16/4 Condoning surrogacy as a solution is surely not justified on either ethical or practical grounds.
2. Of actions, facts: To cause the condonation of.
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1871 Daily News 21 Sept. That fact alone would condone many shortcomings.
1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist iii. §1. 150 The willingness of the people to relinquish irksome duty..has almost condoned the assumptions and devices of priestcraft.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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