condone

[US]/kənˈdəʊn/
[UK]/kənˈdoʊn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

Condone: at overse eller tilgive en forseelse; at tolerere eller undskylde adfærd eller handlinger.
Word Forms
Past Tensecondoned
Past Participlecondoned
Third Person Singularcondones
Present Participlecondoning

Example Sentences

condone a person's faults

at overse mine fejl

People cannot condone the use of fierce violence.

Folk kan ikke acceptere brugen af voldsom vold.

I cannot condone the use of violence.

Jeg kan ikke acceptere brugen af vold.

parents who condone their children’s truancy

forældre, der accepterer deres børns fravær

good qualities that condone his many shortcomings

gode kvaliteter, der opvejer hans mange mangler

Do you condone his sin?

Kan du acceptere hans synd?

We cannot condone violence of any sort.

Vi kan ikke acceptere vold af nogen art.

Failure to protest police brutality may indicate a willingness to condone it.

Manglende protest mod politibrutalitet kan indikere en villighed til at acceptere det.

the college cannot condone any behaviour that involves illicit drugs.

Universitetet kan ikke acceptere nogen adfærd, der involverer ulovlige stoffer.

those arrested were released and the exhibition was officially condoned a few weeks later.

De, der blev anholdt, blev løsladt, og udstillingen blev officielt accepteret få uger senere.

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