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condonable

/kuhn-dohn/US // kənˈdoʊn //UK // (kənˈdəʊn) //

可宽恕的,可宽恕,可原谅的,可原谅

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as injustifiable
as inexcusable

Examples

  • “I am going to get to the bottom of who owns and funds social media platforms like Parler that condone and create violence,” Maloney said in an interview with The Washington Post.

  • On Facebook that night, she said she did not condone violence but expressed sympathy with rioters and called them “patriots.”

  • Instead, what Scheidler did was use his role as a national spokesman to encourage and condone violent acts.

  • We respect private individuals’ and groups’ rights to peacefully protest but in no way condone the actions taken by those at the Capitol last week.

  • Chatham County Sheriff John Wilcher said in a statement provided to The Post that his office was “very disturbed by the actions” of Williams and “does not condone” them.

  • Her nationality—her history—furnished adequate excuse for an attitude not condonable in a European equally cultured.

  • If the bill reveals some selfishness, it is perhaps condonable.