implicitly condone

Frequency: 4.00.8 per million words

To accept or forgive behaviour that is considered morally wrong, without saying so directly.

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  • By not speaking out against the corruption, the president seemed to implicitly condone it.
  • The manager's failure to address the bullying was seen as a way to implicitly condone the behavior.
  • If you laugh when your child is rude to others, you implicitly condone their actions.
  • The media outlet was criticized for its biased reporting, which seemed to implicitly condone extremism.
  • An organization that fails to enforce its own rules will implicitly condone violations.
  • Historians argue that the international community's silence served to implicitly condone the regime's aggression.
  • I was worried my silence would implicitly condone his reckless spending habits.
  • Are we to believe that their inaction means they implicitly condone this unethical practice?
  • By staying silent, he was implicitly condoning the discriminatory jokes.
  • The lack of clear consequences for academic dishonesty can implicitly condone cheating among students.