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condone
[kәn'dәun]
vt. 赦,

[] 恕, 咎, 抵销

  1. I cannot condone such a crime.
  2. Islam does not condone terrorism.
    回教根容许恐怖
  3. I cannot condone the use of violence.
    恕使




condone
[ verb ]
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
<verb.communication> excuse
excuse someone's behaviorShe condoned her husband's occasional infidelities




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.

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) 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.