单词 | condone |
释义 | condonev. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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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