to wink at. To ‘shut one's eyes to’ (an offence, fault, defect, impropriety, or irregularity); to connive at.

transitive. To disregard or overlook intentionally; to pass over. Obsolete.

to wink on, to wink upon: = a (a), above. Obsolete.

transitive. = a (a), above. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To forgive or overlook (an offence), so as to treat it as non-existent; esp. to forgive… loosely. To approve or sanction, usually…