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 Definitions of connivance  [əˈnaɪ vəns]  

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Definition of 'connivance' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) connivance
the act of conniving.

2.  connivance
encouragement of another's wrongdoing.

Etymology:  (1590–1600; (< F) < L)

Definition of 'connivance' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) connivance, collusion
agreement on a secret plot

2. (noun) connivance, secret approval, tacit consent
(law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing


Definition of 'connivance' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) connivance
intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation

2. (noun) connivance
corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it


Translation of 'connivance' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (withat) to make no attempt to hinder (something wrong or illegal)
Her mother connived at the child's truancy.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: oogluiking, oogluikende t Arabic flag Arabic: تَغاضٍ عَن، تَسَتُّر عَلى Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: мълчаливо съгласие
Brazilian flag Brazilian: conivência Czech flag Czech: shovívavost, němý souhlas German flag German: stillschweigende Duldung
Danish flag Danish: medvidenhed Greek flag Greek: ανοχή Spanish flag Spanish: complicidad, connivencia
Estonian flag Estonian: läbi sõrmede vaatamine Farsi flag Farsi: نادیده انگاری Finnish flag Finnish: vehkeily
French flag French: connivence Hebrew flag Hebrew: הַעֲלָמַת עין Hindi flag Hindi: किसी के साथ मिलकर अवैध रू
Croatian flag Croatian: prešutno odobravanje Hungarian flag Hungarian: szemethunyás Indonesian flag Indonesian: kerjasama
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hylming Italian flag Italian: connivenza Japanese flag Japanese: 見のがし
Korean flag Korean: 묵인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nuolaidžiavimas Latvian flag Latvian: iecietīga izturēšanās (ne
Malay flag Malay: membiarkan Dutch flag Dutch: het oogluikend toelaten Norwegian flag Norwegian: detå lukke øynene for/se
Polish flag Polish: pobłażanie Persian flag Persian: نادیده انگاری Pashto flag Pashto: چشم پوشی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cumplicidade Romanian flag Romanian: complicitate Russian flag Russian: попустительство
Slovak flag Slovak: tichý súhlas Slovenian flag Slovenian: popustljivost Serbian flag Serbian: prećutni pristanak
Swedish flag Swedish: tyst medgivande Thai flag Thai: การมองข้ามความผิดพลาด Turkish flag Turkish: göz yumma, suç ortaklığı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 縱容,放任 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: потурання; попускання Urdu flag Urdu: چشم پوشی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đồng lõa Chinese flag Chinese: 默许,纵容

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