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condonecon‧done /kənˈdəʊn $ -ˈdoʊn/ verb [transitive] condoneOrigin: 1800-1900 Latin condonare ‘to forgive’, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + donare ( ➔ DONATION) VERB TABLEcondone |
Present | I, you, we, they | condone | | he, she, it | condones | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | condoned | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have condoned | | he, she, it | has condoned | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had condoned | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will condone | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have condoned |
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Present | I | am condoning | | he, she, it | is condoning | | you, we, they | are condoning | Past | I, he, she, it | was condoning | | you, we, they | were condoning | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been condoning | | he, she, it | has been condoning | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been condoning | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be condoning | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been condoning |
- I'm not condoning his behaviour, but I can understand why he wanted revenge on his daughter's attacker.
- Some parents feel that making birth control available to teenagers somehow condones sexual activity.
- The state appears to condone police brutality.
- According to numerous opinion polls, they solidly oppose the kinds of discrimination that Cardinal Ratzinger condoned.
- Does the example implicitly condone overtime working as a means by which a living wage is earned?
- Don't get me wrong, I don't condone what he did in the Widnes-Castleford game.
- She most certainly at no time condoned what had happened to her daughter.
- The state has managed both to condone and to condemn prostitution.
- To appear to condone the Confederacy is to appear to condone slavery.
- While Miss Lidgett showed some appreciation of the woman's circumstances, she was unable to condone her course of action.
to approve of something or someone► approve · Don will only buy the motorcycle if his parents approve.approve of · I was surprised that Mom seemed to approve of Tracy's new boyfriend.· Bob doesn't approve of alcohol.· Forty percent of registered voters approved of Senator Campbell.approve of (somebody) doing something · Do you approve of doctors using human embryos for research? ► think something is right spoken to approve of something -- used especially when you are talking about something other people might not agree with: · My mother made me get a part-time job when I was sixteen, and I think that's right.think it is right (for somebody) to do something: · The bank invests a lot of money in the tobacco industry: do you think it's right for them to do that?· He doesn't think it's right for someone so young to be learning about sex at school. ► agree with to approve of something such as a decision, a way of doing something, or a plan: · Mr. Senator, do you agree with the court's decision?· I have never agreed with animal experimentation. ► believe in to approve of a type of behaviour or way of doing something, especially because you think there are important principles involved: · Hilary doesn't believe in sex before marriage.believe in doing something: · We believe in letting everyone have the right to see their own medical records. ► condone to say or show that you approve of something that most people think is wrong: · The state appears to condone police brutality.· I'm not condoning his behaviour, but I can understand why he wanted revenge on his daughter's attacker. to accept or forgive behaviour that most people think is morally wrong: I cannot condone the use of violence under any circumstances. |