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CONDONE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does condone mean?

• CONDONE (verb)
The verb CONDONE has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: CONDONE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CONDONE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

condone; excuse

Context examples:

excuse someone's behavior / She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities

Hypernyms (to "condone" is one way to...):

forgive (stop blaming or grant forgiveness)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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