condone implicitly

Frequency: 2.50.8 per million words

To accept or allow behavior that is considered morally wrong or offensive to continue, without explicitly approving it.

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Examples (10)

  • 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.