01 v. t. To pardon; to forgive.
imp. & p. p.
Condoned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Condoning
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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.
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2.
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.(Law)