connivancenoun [ U ]
uk/kəˈnaɪ.vəns/us/kəˈnaɪ.vəns/the act of conniving, especially by knowing that something bad is happening and allowing it to continue:
Their appalling treatment of their child could only have happened with the connivance of their neighbours.
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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