v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Condoned p. pr. & vb. n. Condoning. ] [ L. condonare, -donatum, to give up, remit, forgive; con- + donare to give. See Donate. ] 1. To pardon; to forgive. [ 1913 Webster ] A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ] It would have been magnanimous in the men then in power to have overlooked all these things, and, condoning the politics, to have rewarded the poetry of Burns. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Law) To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife. [ 1913 Webster ] | 