CONNIVANCE

connivance, secret approval, tacit consent

(noun) (law) tacit approval of someone’s wrongdoing

connivance, collusion

(noun) agreement on a secret plot

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

connivance (countable and uncountable, plural connivances)

(law) The process of conniving or conspiring.

Anagrams

• nonvaccine

Source: Wiktionary


Con*niv"ance, n. Etym: [Cf. F. connivence, L. conniventia.]

1. Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or co

2. (Law)

Definition: Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it.

Syn.

– See Collusion.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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