condone

See also: condoné

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin condōno (“I forgive”), from con- (“together”) + dōnō (“I give”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈdoʊn/
• IPA^(key): /kənˈdəʊn/
• Rhymes: -əʊn
• Hyphenation: con‧done

Verb

1. (transitive) To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 18, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     ‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]?  Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?

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

Translations

to forgive

• Bulgarian: прощавам (bg) (proštavam), опрощавам (bg) (oproštavam)
• Dutch: vergeven (nl)
• Finnish: antaa anteeksi (fi)
• French: pardonner (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: nachsehen (de), entschuldigen (de), hinwegsehen über, stillschweigend hinnehmen, stillschweigend dulden
• Russian: проща́ть (ru) (proščátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: math
• Spanish: condonar (es) (debt, death penalty), perdonar (es)
• Swedish: överse med, ha överseende med, tolerera (sv)

to allow

• Bulgarian: позволявам (bg) (pozvoljavam), извинявам (bg) (izvinjavam)
• Dutch: toelaten (nl)
• Finnish: suvaita (fi), hyväksyä (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: permettre (fr), autoriser (fr), tolérer (fr)
• German: zulassen (de), gestatten (de), tolerieren (de), hinnehmen (de), dulden (de), billigen (de)
• Russian: допуска́ть (ru) (dopuskátʹ), разреша́ть (ru) (razrešátʹ)

to forgive marital infidelity

• Dutch: vergeven (nl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• endocon

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Spanish

Verb

condone

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of condonar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of condonar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of condonar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of condonar.