To accept or overlook something wrong or bad without protesting or punishing it, essentially giving it permission or approval.
From Latin 'condonare,' meaning 'to give away' or 'to overlook,' from 'con-' (together) and 'donare' (to give). Over time it evolved to mean forgiving or tolerating something wrong.
In ethics, there's a crucial difference between condoning something (accepting it) and compassion (understanding why it happened)—many moral disputes happen because people confuse these two very different things.
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