English-Thai Dictionary

condone

VT ให้อภัย  forgive pardon hai-ar-pai

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONDONE

Con *done ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Condoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Condoning.]Etym: [L. condonare, -donatum, to give up, remit, forgive; con- + donare to give. See Donate. ]

 

1. To pardon; to forgive. A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned. W. Black. 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.

 

2. (Law )

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

condone

con done |kənˈdōn kənˈdoʊn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] accept and allow (behavior that is considered morally wrong or offensive ) to continue: the college cannot condone any behavior that involves illicit drugs. • approve or sanction (something ), esp. with reluctance: the practice is not officially condoned by any airline. DERIVATIVES con don a ble adjective, con do na tion |-ˈnāSHən, -dō - |noun, con don er noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin condonare ‘refrain from punishing, ’ from con- ‘altogether ’ + donare ‘give. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

condone

condone |kənˈdəʊn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] [ often with negative ] accept (behaviour that is considered morally wrong or offensive ): the college cannot condone any behaviour that involves illicit drugs. • approve or sanction (something ), especially with reluctance: those arrested were released and the exhibition was officially condoned a few weeks later. DERIVATIVES condonation |kɒndəˈneɪʃ (ə )n |noun, condoner noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin condonare ‘refrain from punishing ’, from con- ‘altogether ’ + donare ‘give ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

condone

condone verb we cannot condone such dreadful behavior: disregard, accept, allow, let pass, turn a blind eye to, overlook, forget; forgive, pardon, excuse, let go. ANTONYMS condemn.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

condone

condone verb we cannot condone such dreadful behaviour: deliberately ignore, not take into consideration, disregard, take no notice of, take no account of, accept, allow, make allowances for, let pass, turn a blind eye to, overlook, forget, wink at, blink at, connive at; forgive, pardon, excuse, let someone off with, let go, sink, bury; let bygones be bygones; informal let something ride. ANTONYMS condemn; punish. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD condone, forgive, pardon, excuse See forgive . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

condone

con done /kəndóʊn /動詞 他動詞 〈過失 罪 違反など 〉を大目に見る, 許す (!人を目的語にしない ) .