condoning

condoning
index charitable (lenient), lenient, palliative (excusing)

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  • Condoning — 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. [1913 Webster] A fraud which he had either… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • condoning — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. approving, tolerating, indulgent; see humane 1 , kind , lenient …   English dictionary for students

  • condoning — con·done || kÉ™n dəʊn v. forgive, overlook, pardon …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Mwanawasa, Levy Patrick — ▪ 2009       Zambian attorney and politician born Sept. 3, 1948, Mufulira, Northern Rhodesia [now Zambia] died Aug. 19, 2008, Paris, France as the third president (2002–08) of Zambia, launched an anticorruption campaign that included stripping… …   Universalium

  • 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. [1913 Webster] A fraud which he had either concocted or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Condoned — 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. [1913 Webster] A fraud which he had either… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • condone — transitive verb (condoned; condoning) Etymology: Latin condonare to absolve, from com + donare to give more at donation Date: 1805 to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless < a government …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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