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connivence, -ance|kəˈnaɪvəns|
[a. F. connivence, or ad. L. co(n)nīvēntia, f. co(n)nīvēnt-em, pr. pple. of co(n)nīvēre: see connive and -ence. Originally always written -ence (though often altered in re-editions and dictionary quotations); the spelling connivance is rare before 1689, but has prevailed since c 1720. Phillips and Kersey (up to 1721) have connivence, Bailey (1721–), followed by Johnson, connivance; but this is not justified either by Latin or French derivation.]
1. The action of conniving; the action of winking at, overlooking or ignoring (an offence, fault, etc.); often implying secret sympathy or approval: tacit permission or sanction; encouragement by forbearing to condemn.
1611Cotgr., Connivence, a conniuence, or winking at. 1611Speed Hist. Gr. Brit. viii. iii. 384 They dare not..to giue way or conniuence to any the lest iniustice. 1643Milton Divorce ii. xiii. (1851) 94 Not leading into error, as the Jewes were led by this connivence of Moses, if it were a connivence. 1700J. A. Astry tr. Saavedra-Faxardo I. 78 The Multitude knows not what Connivance, Mercy, or Danger are. 1709Strype Ann. Ref. I. xliii. 472 [It] procured him a toleration, or at least a connivence. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) III. vii. 60 He thought it must have been known to be done by his connivance. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. x. 410 They were accused of sharing dividends by mutual connivance. 1861W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 297 The husband's connivance in her guilt..is a good defence to the wife against an action of divorce.
b. with pl.
1641J. Jackson True Evang. T. iii. 195 They had..all convenient connivences, and compliances from the State. 1780Sir H. Croft Abbey of Kilkhampton (1786) 42 The connivances they were said to have assisted in.
c. Const. at, in, with († to).
1614Bp. Hall Recollect. Treat. 1095 Connivence at the outrages of the mighty. 1627Lisander & Cal. iv. 63 By having any connivence with your crime. 1631Massinger Believe as you list i. ii, What defence Can you alleage for your connivence to The Carthaginian gallies. 1712Steele Spect. No. 298 ⁋1 The same connivance at the Vices. 1860W. Collins Wom. White 376 Mrs. Rubelle's connivance..in the conspiracy. 1886Morley Ht. Martineau Crit. Misc. III. 192 Connivance at the peculiar institution of the Slave States.
†2. lit. Winking (with allusion to sense 1). Obs.
1596Nashe Saffron Walden 17 O thou that hast made so manie men winke..and yet knowest not what conniuence means. 1614T. Adams in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. xxvi. 10 Their eyes will water and twinkle, and fall at last to blind connivence.
3. Nat. Hist. The fact of being connivent, q.v.
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 225 The connivence of the anthers in a cone. |