Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).

    excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with

  2. (transitive)To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).

    zulassen, gestatten, tolerieren

    допуска́тьdopuskátʹ, разреша́тьrazrešátʹ

    дозволятиdozvoljaty, потуратиpoturaty, заплющувати очіzapljuščuvaty oči

  3. (transitive)To forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense).

    Untreue verzeihen, Untreue vergeben, nachsehen

    проща́тьproščátʹ

    прощатиproščaty, пробачатиprobačaty

Examples

36 sentences
  1. I can't condone what you did.

  2. I don't condone what Tom did.

    deIch heiße es nicht gut, was Tom getan hat. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I don't condone what Tom does.

  4. I don't condone murder.

    ruЯ не оправдываю убийство. — odexed

    deIch billige keinen Mord. — mrtaistoi

  5. I don't condone violence.

    ruЯ не приемлю насилие. — marafon

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to allow:
to forgive:
Русский
By meaning 2
to allow:
to forgive:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to allow:
to forgive marital infidelity:
to forgive:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin condōnāre (“to forgive”).

Learned borrowing from Latin condōnāre (“to forgive”).

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Forms

condones, condoning, condoned, condoned
Base formcondone · to condone
3rd person singularcondones
Present participlecondoning
Past simplecondoned
Past participlecondoned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycondone
he, she, itcondones

Past simpleLesson

all personscondoned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave condoned
he, she, ithas condoned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill condone

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with:excuse

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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