Definitions for connivance
kəˈnaɪ vənscon·nivance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. connivance, collusionnoun

   agreement on a secret plot

2. connivance, secret approval, tacit consentnoun

   (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. connivancenoun

   The process of conniving.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Connivancenoun

   Etymology: from connive.

   1. The act of winking: not in use.2. Voluntary blindness; pretended ignorance; forbearance.

   It is better to mitigate usury by declaration, than to suffer it to rage by connivance. Francis Bacon, Essay 42.

   Disobedience, having gained one degree of liberty, will demand another: every vice interprets a connivance an approbation. Robert South, Sermons.

   A connivance to admit half, will produce ruinous effects. Jonathan Swift, Address to Parliament.

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1. Connivance

   Connivance is the act of conniving or conspiring, especially with the knowledge of and active or passive consent to wrongdoing or a twist in truth, to make something appear as something that it is not.A legal finding of connivance may be made when an accuser has assisted in the act about which they are complaining. In some legal jurisdictions, and for certain behaviors, it may prevent the accuser from prevailing. For example, if someone were to entice their spouse to commit adultery, they might be blocked (or estopped) from divorcing their spouse on grounds of that adultery. See Sargent v. Sargent, Court of Chancery of New Jersey, 1920 (Held a man who had not taken active steps to prevent his wife's adultery was not entitled to divorce because he was a participator and consenter to her adultery).

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1. connivance

   Connivance refers to the act of deliberately ignoring or being secretly involved with wrong, fraudulent, or illegal behavior. Typically, this is done to gain some sort of advantage or to allow the behavior to continue. It's often used in a legal context, implying a level of conspiracy or tacit cooperation with a wrongdoing.

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1. Connivancenoun

   intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation

2. Connivancenoun

   corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it

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1. Connivance

   A legal finding of connivance may be made when an accuser has assisted in the act about which they are complaining. In some legal jurisdictions, and for certain behaviors, it may prevent the accuser from prevailing. For example, if someone were to entice their spouse to commit adultery, they might be blocked from divorcing their spouse on grounds of that adultery. See Sargent v. Sargent, Court of Chancery of New Jersey, 1920. Connivance is the act of conniving or conspiring, especially with the knowledge of and active or passive consent to wrongdoing or a twist in truth, to make something appear as something that it is not.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of connivance in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of connivance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of connivance in a Sentence

1. Luiz Inacio:

   The Brasilia police neglected [ the attack threat ], Brasilia’s intelligence neglected it, it is easy to see in the footage the police officers talking to the attackers. There was an explicit connivance of the police with the demonstrators.

2. The Brasilia police:

   It is easy to see in the footage the police officers talking to the attackers. There was an explicit connivance of the police with the demonstrators.

3. Vincenzo Spadafora:

   Too often the soccer clubs have played down and defended due to laziness, connivance or fear the extremists among their own fans, over the last few months things have started to change but there are still many steps to be taken.

4. Ricardo A Scott:

   There are those who sit and wonder why others strive amongst all the odds. They will never know, as they are the ones who try to keep others back by their envy and connivance with which they are preoccupied most of the time'- ricardo a scott, reggae inventor from trench town

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=connivance
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Connivance
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=connivance
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connivance
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/connivance
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=connivance