connivance
connivance · connivances
потурання, мовчазна згода, співучасть
попустительство, потворство, молчаливое согласие
connivencia
connivence
connivenza, collaborazionismo
conivência
The process of conniving or conspiringThe process of conniving or conspiring.
/kəˈnaɪvəns/
Translations
6 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
(law) the process of conniving or conspiring:
Русский
By meaning 1
(law) the process of conniving or conspiring:
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The process of conniving or conspiring.
попусти́тельствоpopustítelʹstvo, потво́рствоpotvórstvo, молчали́вое согла́сиеmolčalívoje soglásije
потуранняpoturannja, мовчазна згодаmovčazna zhoda, співучастьspivučastʹ
More definitions
- agreement on a secret plot
- (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing
Origin
From early 18th c., replaced earlier form connivence (late 16th c.), from Latin connīventiFrom early 18th c., replaced earlier form connivence (late 16th c.), from Latin connīventia, from connīvēns (“winking”).
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Forms
plural: connivances| Singular | connivance |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- agreement on a secret plot:collusion
- (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing:secret approvaltacit consent
Word family
2 related wordsRelatedconnive
Derivednonconnivance
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.