Etymology

connivance

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Today it means: The process of conniving or conspiring. Full definition →

Latin connīventia
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  1. Latin · derived fromconnīventia
  2. English todayconnivance

From early 18th c., replaced earlier form connivence (late 16th c.), from Latin connīventia, from connīvēns (“winking”).

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