Meaning & use
Condonement
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The act of forgiving, overlooking, or implicitly accepting a wrongdoing or offense.
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The judge criticized the school's condonement of the students' repeated bullying.
Her silence was read as condonement of his behavior, even though she disagreed with it.
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"Condonement" is the formal noun form of the verb "condone"; it appears often in legal and disciplinary contexts to describe tacit approval through inaction.
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