CONDONE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they condone ... he / she / it condones

Past simple: condoned

Past participle: condoned

-ing form: condoning

Meaning:

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

Example:

She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities

Synonyms:

condone; excuse

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

forgive (stop blaming or grant forgiveness)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

condonation (a pardon by treating the offender as if the offense had not occurred)