'Condone' definitions:
Definition of 'condone'
(from WordNet)
verb
Excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities" [syn: excuse, condone]
Definition of 'Condone'
From: GCIDE
- Condone \Con*done"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Condoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Condoning.] [L. condonare, -donatum, to give up, remit, forgive; con- + donare to give. See Donate.]
- 1. To pardon; to forgive. [1913 Webster]
- A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned. --W. Black. [1913 Webster]
- It would have been magnanimous in the men then in power to have overlooked all these things, and, condoning the politics, to have rewarded the poetry of Burns. --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'condone'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abide with,
- accept,
- allow for,
- be big,
- be content with,
- be easy with,
- bear,
- bear with,
- blink at,
- brook,
- connive at,
- countenance,
- disregard,
- endure,
- forget,
- forgive,
- grin and abide,
- have,
- hear of,
- ignore,
- indulge,
- judge not,
- lean over backwards,
- leave unavenged,
- let go by,
- let it go,
- let pass,
- listen to reason,
- live with,
- make allowances for,
- not write off,
- obey,
- overlook,
- pardon,
- pass over,
- pocket the affront,
- put up with,
- regard with indulgence,
- remit,
- rise above,
- see both sides,
- shrug,
- shrug it off,
- stand for,
- stomach,
- submit to,
- suffer,
- suspend judgment,
- take,
- tolerate,
- view with indulgence,
- wink at,
- yield to