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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Condone \Con*done"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Condoned}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Condoning}.] [L. condonare, -donatum, to give up,
remit, forgive; con- + donare to give. See {Donate}.]
1. To pardon; to forgive.
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A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned.
--W. Black.
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It would have been magnanimous in the men then in
power to have overlooked all these things, and,
condoning the politics, to have rewarded the poetry
of Burns. --J. C.
Shairp.
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2. (Law) To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to
forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of
either the husband or the wife.
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