connivance
Meaning
The process of conniving or conspiring.
Synonyms
tacit consent
toleration
secret approval
tacit approval
shutting one’s eyes to
tacit permission
connivence
covin
tacit sanction
complicity in
Translations
connivence
connivenza
conspiração
consentiment tàcit
تواطئ
heimliches Einverständnis Nicht-Beachten stillschweigende AnerkennungPronounced as (IPA)
/kəˈnaɪvəns/
Etymology
From early 18th c., replaced earlier form connivence (late 16th c.), from Latin connīventia, from connīvēns (“winking”).
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