cannot condone
Frequency: 8.025.0 per million words
Used to strongly state that something is not acceptable.
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Examples (10)
- We cannot condone violence of any sort.
- As a society, we cannot condone such blatant disregard for human rights.
- The school has a zero-tolerance policy and cannot condone any form of bullying.
- I understand his anger, but I cannot condone his actions.
- While we support free speech, we cannot condone hate speech.
- The organization made it clear that it cannot condone the use of child labor by its suppliers.
- No matter the circumstances, a civilized nation cannot condone torture.
- She explained that while she sympathized with their cause, she cannot condone their destructive methods.
- The international community stated that it cannot condone the illegal annexation of territory.
- A just legal system cannot condone discrimination on the basis of race or religion.