Synonyms of condoning

condoning 1 of 2

adjective

as in absolving

Synonyms & Similar Words

• absolving
• pardoning
• compensatory
• remitting
• exonerating
• exculpating
• vindicating
• exculpatory
• acquitting
• commuting
• reprieving
• nonpunitive

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disciplinary
• punitive
• penal
• correcting
• disciplining
• correctional
• corrective
• retaliatory
• chastening
• penalizing
• chastising
• castigating
• retributive
• revengeful
• vengeful
• wrathful
• retaliative
• retributory

condoning

2 of 2

verb

present participle of condone

as in ignoring

to dismiss as of little importance

he is too quick to condone his friend's faults

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ignoring
• forgiving
• overlooking
• justifying
• excusing
• explaining
• pardoning
• disregarding
• discounting
• whitewashing
• remitting
• passing over
• brushing (aside or off)
• winking (at)
• blinking (at)
• glossing (over)
• papering over
• shrugging off
• rationalizing
• forgiving and forgetting
• overpassing
• glozing (over)
• exonerating
• absolving
• closing one's eyes to
• exculpating
• acquitting
• vindicating
• waiving
• waving (aside or off)
• clearing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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