What is "connives"

Usage examples of "connives".

I may also tell you that I have strong reasons for suspecting that our intercourse is known to the State Inquisitors, who conceal their knowledge for political reasons, but I fancy the secret would soon come to light when I am no longer here, and when the nun who connives at your departure from the convent knows that it is no longer for me that you leave it.

The sentimentality of men connives at this, and is thus largely responsible for it.