"condone" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /kənˈdoʊn/ [General-American], /kənˈdəʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-condone.wav Forms: condones [present, singular, third-person], condoning [participle, present], condoned [participle, past], condoned [past]
Rhymes: -əʊn Etymology: From Latin condōno (“I forgive”), from con- (“together”) + dōnō (“I give”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deh₃-}}, {{uder|en|la|condōno||I forgive}} Latin condōno (“I forgive”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} condone (third-person singular simple present condones, present participle condoning, simple past and past participle condoned)
  1. (transitive) To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-condone-en-verb--NodHo72
  2. (transitive) To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked). Tags: transitive Translations (to allow): позволявам (pozvoljavam) (Bulgarian), извинявам (izvinjavam) (Bulgarian), 容許 (Chinese Mandarin), 容许 (róngxǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), toelaten (Dutch), permesi (Esperanto), rajtigi (Esperanto), suvaita (Finnish), hyväksyä (Finnish), autoriser (French), permettre (French), tolérer (French), zulassen (German), gestatten (German), tolerieren (German), hinnehmen (German), dulden (German), billigen (German), akzeptieren (German), 許す (yurusu) (alt: ゆるす) (Japanese), допуска́ть (dopuskátʹ) (Russian), разреша́ть (razrešátʹ) (Russian), дозволяти (dozvoljaty) (Ukrainian), потурати (poturaty) (Ukrainian), заплющувати очі (zapljuščuvaty oči) (Ukrainian)
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  3. (transitive, law) To forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Law Translations (to forgive marital infidelity): vergeven (Dutch), pardoni (Esperanto), pardonner (French), Untreue verzeihen (German), Untreue vergeben (German)
    Sense id: en-condone-en-verb-3OzMd-v2 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'to forgive marital infidelity': 31 7 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: condonable, condonation, condonement, condoner, uncondoned Translations (to forgive): прощавам (proštavam) (Bulgarian), опрощавам (oproštavam) (Bulgarian), perdonar (Catalan), condonar (Catalan), vergeven (Dutch), gedogen (Dutch), pardoni (Esperanto), antaa anteeksi (Finnish), pardonner (French), tolérer (French), cautionner (French), nachsehen (German), entschuldigen (German), vergeben (German), hinwegsehen über (German), stillschweigend hinnehmen (German), stillschweigend dulden (German), 許す (yurusu) (alt: ゆるす) (Japanese), perdoar (Portuguese), проща́ть (proščátʹ) (Russian), math (Scottish Gaelic), condonar (english: debt, death penalty) (Spanish), perdonar (Spanish), överse med (Swedish), ha överseende med (Swedish), tolerera (Swedish), прощати (proščaty) (Ukrainian), пробачати (probačaty) (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'to forgive': 47 2 51

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to forgive marital infidelity",
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          "sense": "to forgive marital infidelity",
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      "sense": "to forgive",
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      "sense": "to forgive",
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      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "perdonar"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "condonar"
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      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "vergeven"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "gedogen"
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      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "pardoni"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "antaa anteeksi"
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      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "pardonner"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "tolérer"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "cautionner"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "nachsehen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "entschuldigen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "vergeben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "hinwegsehen über"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "stillschweigend hinnehmen"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "stillschweigend dulden"
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      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "許す"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "perdoar"
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      "roman": "proščátʹ",
      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "проща́ть"
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      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "math"
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      "english": "debt, death penalty",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to forgive",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "perdonar"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "överse med"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "ha överseende med"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "tolerera"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "proščaty",
      "sense": "to forgive",
      "word": "прощати"
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      "roman": "probačaty",
      "sense": "to forgive",
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      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "容許"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "róngxǔ",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "toelaten"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to allow",
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "rajtigi"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to allow",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "hyväksyä"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to allow",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "permettre"
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      "sense": "to allow",
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      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "tolérer"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "zulassen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "gestatten"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "tolerieren"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "hinnehmen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "dulden"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "billigen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "akzeptieren"
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      "alt": "ゆるす",
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      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "許す"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "dopuskátʹ",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "допуска́ть"
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      "roman": "razrešátʹ",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "разреша́ть"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dozvoljaty",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "дозволяти"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poturaty",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "потурати"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapljuščuvaty oči",
      "sense": "to allow",
      "word": "заплющувати очі"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to forgive marital infidelity",
      "word": "vergeven"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to forgive marital infidelity",
      "word": "pardoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to forgive marital infidelity",
      "word": "pardonner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to forgive marital infidelity",
      "word": "Untreue verzeihen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to forgive marital infidelity",
      "word": "Untreue vergeben"
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  "word": "condone"
}

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