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Webster 1913 Edition

Connivance

Con-niv′ance

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
connivence
, L.
conniventia
.]
1.
Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation.
Syn. – See
Collusion
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Connivance

CONNIVANCE

,
Noun.
[See Connive.] Properly, the act of winking. Hence figuratively, voluntary blindness to an act; intentional forbearance to see a fault or other act, generally implying consent to it.
Every vice interprets a connivance to be approbation.

Definition 2024

connivance

connivance

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Noun

connivance ‎(plural connivances)

  1. The process of conniving.

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