Associations to the word «Condone»

Wiktionary

CONDONE, verb. (transitive) To forgive, excuse or overlook (something).
CONDONE, verb. (transitive) To allow, accept or permit (something).
CONDONE, verb. (transitive) (legal) To forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense).

Dictionary definition

CONDONE, verb. Excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne