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- Latin · learned borrowing fromcondōnāre“to forgive”
- English todaycondone
Learned borrowing from Latin condōnāre (“to forgive”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked). Full definition →
Learned borrowing from Latin condōnāre (“to forgive”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.