Crossword clues for condoning
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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To pardon; to forgive.
A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned.
--W. Black.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. (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.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of condone English)
Usage examples of "condoning".
Damn, she thought: that final remark sounded as if she might have been condoning Warwick.
Sanglier realized the moment he briefed the Amsterdam police he would be condoning the very computer illegality he intended to condemn the woman for condoning in the first place.
Sanglier understood, too, after a slightly longer explanation, and agreed because he had no alternative, even though it would be condoning the computer illegality for which he'd sidetracked Claudine and the German.
He relied on Skullion’s information but there was always the danger of condoning insubordination or at least encouraging a familiarity detrimental to good discipline.
If they do no more than refuse to broaden intellectual horizons, they're condoning and passing their ignorance on to their kids.
The point remains that your cover-up amounted to condoning mass murder, and the words "caused to be shot" and "inherently dangerous acts" and so forth would be interpreted as your striking of Dr Monteau which ignited the massacre.
He wrote a memo once to the battalion commander protesting against what he said amounted to condoning these brutalities.
They know all better'n accept stolen goods "cause it makes me mad and besides that, makes it look like the government's condoning theft.