condone implicitly
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To accept or allow behavior that is considered morally wrong or offensive to continue, without explicitly approving it.
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- By not speaking out, you implicitly condone their actions.
- The administration's silence could be seen as implicitly condoning the protest.
- Parents who ignore bad behavior often implicitly condone it.
- Their lack of action might implicitly condone the unfair treatment.
- Ignoring the problem is to implicitly condone its existence.
- The manager's failure to intervene seemed to implicitly condone the harassment.
- Such policies can implicitly condone discrimination in the workplace.
- If we don't address this issue, we implicitly condone it for the future.
- His inaction suggests he implicitly condones their controversial decisions.
- To remain neutral in such a situation is to implicitly condone the injustice.