Past tense of condone; forgave, overlooked, or accepted something wrong without punishing it.
From 'condone,' the base verb form, with '-ed' forming the past tense. The verb 'condone' came into English in the 1600s from Latin 'condonare.'
When we say a behavior was 'condoned,' we're acknowledging a failure to enforce standards—this word often appears in discussions about institutional failures, showing how silence or lack of punishment can be seen as active forgiveness.
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