condoned
被宽恕的,纵容,被宽恕,宽恕
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con·doned, con·don·ing.
- : to disregard or overlook: The government condoned the computer hacking among rival corporations.
- : to give tacit approval to: By his silence, he seemed to condone their behavior.
- : to pardon or forgive; excuse: His employers are willing to condone the exaggerations they uncovered in his résumé.
- : to cause the condonation of; justify the pardoning of.
- : Law. to forgive or act so as to imply forgiveness of: His spouse condoned his infidelity from the early years of their marriage.
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Hundreds gather to watch and toast the Nittany Lions, and though Barron supported the return of football, he can’t help wondering what else he condoned, even encouraged, with his vote.
Jeff Hymes, a 29-year-old scientist at a biotech start-up outside Raleigh, doesn’t condone Cunningham’s behavior, but contrasts it with what he sees as Tillis’s own credibility problem.
Second, large banking institutions like JPMorgan Chase are condoning and even welcoming digital currencies onto their platforms.
Rafael Peretz, an Orthodox rabbi who is the head of the ultranationalist United Right party, last year condoned the use of conversion therapy when he was Israel’s education minister.
That’s because people will condone all kinds of violence in the name of protecting themselves, said Christian Davenport, professor of political science at the University of Michigan.
Yet violent images are condoned in the “right” circumstances so long as they do not celebrate brutality.
The coaches thought that if it seemed like they condoned it, people wouldn't let their kids come play for Baylor.
Moreover, neither the Polish government in exile nor the leaders of the Home Army condoned anti-Semitic measures.
“The thought or notion that this kind of behavior is condoned or authorized is just absurd,” Sullivan said, almost scoffing.
Allegations of church-condoned baby trafficking are not confined to Spain.
He condoned the infamous conduct of the police officer Contenson.