Translations

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By meaning 1
(law) the process of conniving or conspiring:
Русский
By meaning 1
(law) the process of conniving or conspiring:

Meaning

1 senses
  1. (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 connīventi

From early 18th c., replaced earlier form connivence (late 16th c.), from Latin connīventia, from connīvēns (“winking”).

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Forms

plural: connivances

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • agreement on a secret plot:collusion
  • (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing:secret approvaltacit consent

Word family

2 related words
Relatedconnive

See also

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