condoneverb [ T ]
uk/kənˈdəʊn/us/kənˈdoʊn/to accept or allow behaviour that is wrong:
If the government is seen to condone violence, the bloodshed will never stop.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Allowing and permitting
- admit of sth
- allow
- allow of sth
- allowable
- authorization
- authorize
- concession
- green
- leave
- let
- let sb/sth out
- licence
- license
- mandate
- OK
- open the floodgates idiom
- permissible
- sanction
- submit
- variance
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