different between condone vs connive

English

Etymology

From Latin cond?no (“I forgive”), from con- (“together”) + d?n? (“I give”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?do?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?d??n/
• Rhymes: -??n
• Hyphenation: con?done

Verb

condone (third-person singular simple present condones, present participle condoning, simple past and past participle condoned)

1. (transitive) To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).
2. (transitive) To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).
3. (transitive, law) To forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense).

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Anagrams

• endocon

Spanish

Verb

condone

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of condonar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of condonar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of condonar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of condonar.

English

Etymology

From French conniver (“to ignore and thus become complicit in wrongdoing”), or directly from its etymon Latin conn?v?re, c?n?v?re, third-person plural perfect active indicative of conn?ve?, c?n?ve? (“to close or screw up the eyes, blink, wink; to overlook, turn a blind eye, connive”) (perhaps alluding to two persons involved in a scheme together winking to each other), from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) + *n?v?re (related to nict? (“to blink, wink”), from Proto-Indo-European *kneyg??- (“to bend, droop”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /k??na?v/
• Rhymes: -a?v
• Hyphenation: con?nive

Verb

connive (third-person singular simple present connives, present participle conniving, simple past and past participle connived)

1. (intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. [from mid 17th c.]
2. (intransitive, botany, rare) Of parts of a plant: to be converging or in close contact; to be connivent.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.

   Synonyms: (rare) dissimulate, look the other way, shut one's eyes, turn a blind eye, wink
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

• connivance
• connivent
• nictate

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Latin

Verb

conn?v?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of conn?ve?