🇬🇧🇪🇸 condone - condonar : English Lesson

Meaning of "condone" ("condonar"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

To condone something means you know it is wrong, but you still act like it is okay and don’t stop it. You don’t exactly say, “This is good,” but you let it happen and don’t complain or try to fix it. When you condone bad behavior, you are allowing it instead of speaking up or stopping it.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

My teacher said she couldn’t condone me writing my entire essay in invisible ink, even if I swore it was “very deep.”

Grandpa refused to condone using mashed potatoes as hair gel, even though he admitted my hairstyle looked “uniquely delicious.”

Our cat clearly condones bad behavior; she just stared while the dog ate my math worksheet and then sat on the evidence.

The babysitter said she couldn’t condone me trying to microwave my socks to “make them extra toasty for my toes.”

Scientists do not condone licking random frogs to see what happens; fun fact: some frogs can actually make you very sick, so just stick to licking lollipops instead.

At the tiny park a boy paints the wooden bench. His father does condone the paint with a grin and seems to condone small marks. A neighbor will not condone the damage and frowns. The father seems to condone mischief, so the neighbor speaks up. The father does not mean to condone harm; he looks ashamed as the boy cleans.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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