condone

Meaning

  1. (transitive) To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).
  2. (transitive) To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).
  3. (transitive) To forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense).

Synonyms

forgive
A2
excuse
A1
pardon
B1
tolerate
C1
overlook
C2
remit
41k
exculpate
brook
C2
connive
accept
A2
🉑
permit
B2

grant forgiveness

countenance
23k
sanction
22k
slight
B2
smooth over
stand
A1
stomach
B1
swallow
B2
take no notice of

wink at

let pass

abide
C2

turn a blind eye to

absolve
22k
allow
B1
authorize
C2
blink
C1
disregard
C2
endure
C1
grant
B1
let
A1
let off
pass by
put up with
relent
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Translations

tolérer
pardonner
condonar
vergeven
excuser
perdonar
perdonare
verzeihen
toelaten
condonare
desculpar

συγχωρώ

perdonar
nachsehen
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kənˈdoʊn/
Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin condōnāre (“to forgive”).

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