Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to condone
Participle: condoned
Gerund: condoning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | condone |
| you | condone |
| he;she;it | condones |
| we | condone |
| you | condone |
| they | condone |
Perfect
| I | have condoned |
| you | have condoned |
| he;she;it | has condoned |
| we | have condoned |
| you | have condoned |
| they | have condoned |
Past
| I | condoned |
| you | condoned |
| he;she;it | condoned |
| we | condoned |
| you | condoned |
| they | condoned |
Pluperfect
| I | had condoned |
| you | had condoned |
| he;she;it | had condoned |
| we | had condoned |
| you | had condoned |
| they | had condoned |
Future
| I | will condone |
| you | will condone |
| he;she;it | will condone |
| we | will condone |
| you | will condone |
| they | will condone |
Future Perfect
| I | will have condoned |
| you | will have condoned |
| he;she;it | will have condoned |
| we | will have condoned |
| you | will have condoned |
| they | will have condoned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | condone |
| you | condone |
| he;she;it | condone |
| we | condone |
| you | condone |
| they | condone |
Perfect
| I | have condoned |
| you | have condoned |
| he;she;it | have condoned |
| we | have condoned |
| you | have condoned |
| they | have condoned |
Imperfect
| I | condoned |
| you | condoned |
| he;she;it | condoned |
| we | condoned |
| you | condoned |
| they | condoned |
Pluperfect
| I | had condoned |
| you | had condoned |
| he;she;it | had condoned |
| we | had condoned |
| you | had condoned |
| they | had condoned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would condone |
| you | would condone |
| he;she;it | would condone |
| we | would condone |
| you | would condone |
| they | would condone |
Perfect
| I | would have condoned |
| you | would have condoned |
| he;she;it | would have condoned |
| we | would have condoned |
| you | would have condoned |
| they | would have condoned |
Imperative
| you | condone |
| we | Let's condone |
| you | condone |
Verbs conjugated like 'condone'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'condone'
condole,
compone,
conde,
condence,
condense,
condite,
condog,
condoize,
conduce,
confine,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1857, from L. condonare "to give up, remit," from com- intensive prefix + donare "to give." Originally a legal term.
2. Learned borrowing from Latin condōnāre (“to forgive”).
Sample Sentences
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‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police[…]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers? [1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 18, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:]
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Rule-utilitarianism is unlikely to condone torturing a child, but it does imply that the torturing of a child is less evil if the torturer shares his pleasure with other sadists-perhaps by inviting an audience, or broadcasting it on the Internet. [2001, Will Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy, Oxford University Press, page 29:]