If you condone something, you allow it, approve of it, or at least can live with it. Some teachers condone chewing gum, and some don't.
To pardon; to forgive.
Verb
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone''s behavior"; "She condoned her husband''s occasional infidelities"
v. t.
To pardon; to forgive.
v. t.
To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive
for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or
the wife.
Condone
A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned.
It would have been magnanimous in the men then in power to have overlooked all these things, and, condoning the politics, to have rewarded the poetry of Burns.2.
To pardon; to forgive.
Usage Examples
Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.
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Other Usage ExamplesI'm so fascinated by the concept of teen pregnancy for some reason. Not that I condone it or promote it, but it's just a very real thing in our country and culture.