connivencyn.
/kəˈnʌɪvənsi/ archaic or Obsolete.† 2. Tendency to converge. Obsolete.
1. † b. Const. at, to. Obsolete.
a. = connivance n. 1.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > tacit permission
winking1572
connivency1600
connivance1611
connivinga1648
yellow light1940
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. i. xlvi. 33 They were married, with Servius his leave and connivencie, rather than his good liking.
1621 Commons' Petit. in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 41 If it once get but a connivancey, it will press for a Toleration.
1689 W. Walker tr. H. Languet Vindiciæ contra Tyrannos (new ed.) 30 Chastised for their negligence, connivency, and stupidity.
1876 R. Browning Cenciaja 158 Such connivency With crime as should procure a decent death.
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1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 185 It hath rather beene a connivency to the necessity of time.
1640 G. Sandys in tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) 14 And what was this but his connivency at wicked and licentious people.
1689 Myst. of Iniq. 14 Obtaining his connivancy at their violation of the Laws.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > towards each other or convergence > tendency to
confluxibility1654
connivency1691
1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 137 The Earth being such a one, and all its parts having an equal propension or connivency to the Center.
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