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condoning

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Synonyms & Antonyms of condoning

(Entry 1 of 2)

as in pardoning, absolving

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for condoning

absolving,
pardoning,
remitting

acquitting,
exculpating,
exculpatory,
exonerating,
vindicating

commuting,
reprieving

compensatory

nonpunitive

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for condoning

castigating,
chastening,
chastising,
correcting,
correctional,
corrective,
disciplinary,
disciplining,
penal,
penalizing,
punitive

retaliative,
retaliatory,
retributive,
retributory,
revengeful

vengeful,
wrathful

condoning

verb

present participle of condone

Synonyms & Antonyms of condoning (Entry 2 of 2)

to dismiss as of little importance

he is too quick to condone his friend's faults

Synonyms for condoning

blinking (at),
brushing (aside or off),
discounting,
disregarding,
excusing,
forgiving,
glossing (over),
glozing (over),
ignoring,
overlooking,
overpassing,
papering over,
pardoning,
passing over,
remitting,
shrugging off,
whitewashing,
winking (at)

Words Related to condoning

explaining,
justifying,
rationalizing

absolving,
acquitting,
clearing,
exculpating,
exonerating,
vindicating

waiving,
waving (aside or off)

Phrases Synonymous with condoning

closing one's eyes to,
forgiving and forgetting

Near Antonyms for condoning

heeding,
marking,
minding,
noting,
objecting (to)

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