Origins How To Give And Forgive

To condone is to forgive, overlook, pardon, or be uncritical of (an offence, or of an antisocial or illegal act). You yourself might or might not indulge in such behaviour or commit such an offence, but you feel no urge to protest, or to demand censure or punishment for someone else who does. You may condone cheating on one’s income tax, shoplifting from a big, impersonal supermarket, or exceeding the speed limit, though you personally observe the law with scrupulousness. (Note everyone, however, is so charitable or forgiving.) The noun is condonation.
Condone is built on Latin dono, to give, the root found in donor, one who gives; donate, to give; and donation, a gift.
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