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Connivance Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Connivance? [n] (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing [n] agreement on a secret plot Synonyms \| Synonyms for Connivance: collusion \| secret approval \| tacit consent Related Terms \| Find terms related to Connivance: acceptance \| accord \| acquiescence \| affirmation \| affirmative \| affirmative voice \| agreement \| approbation \| approval \| artifice \| assent \| aye \| blessing \| cabal \| chicane \| chicanery \| collusion \| compliance \| complicity \| complot \| confederacy \| connivery \| consent \| conspiracy \| contrivance \| contriving \| counterplot \| covin \| deep-laid plot \| dodgery \| eagerness \| endorsement \| engineering \| finagling \| finesse \| foul play \| frame-up \| game \| indulgence \| intrigue \| little game \| machination \| maneuvering \| manipulation \| OK \| okay \| overlooking \| permission \| permissiveness \| pettifoggery \| pettifogging \| plot \| plotting \| promptitude \| promptness \| ratification \| readiness \| rigging \| sanction \| scheme \| schemery \| scheming \| sharp practice \| skulduggery \| sleight \| stratagem \| submission \| sufferance \| supercherie \| tolerance \| toleration \| trick \| trickery \| underhand dealing \| underplot \| ungrudgingness \| unloathness \| unreluctance \| web of intrigue \| willingness \| winking \| wire-pulling See Also \| agreement \| approval \| cahoots \| commendation Connivance In Webster's Dictionary \Con*niv"ance\, n. [Cf. F. connivence, L. conniventia.] 1. Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or co["o]peration. 2. (Law) Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it. Syn: See {Collusion}.

Connivance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Connivance?

[n] (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing
[n] agreement on a secret plot

Synonyms | Synonyms for Connivance: collusion | secret approval | tacit consent

See Also | agreement | approval | cahoots | commendation

Connivance In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*niv"ance\, n. [Cf. F. connivence, L.
conniventia.]
1. Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or
   wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or
   co["o]peration.

2. (Law) Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not
   involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and
   failure to prevent or oppose it.

Syn: See {Collusion}.

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