# condone

> English word · Verb · IPA /kənˈdoʊn/ · frequency rank #23,215

## Definitions
1. To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).
2. To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).
3. To forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense).

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin condōnāre (“to forgive”).

## Easily confused with
- **cordon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condone-vs-cordon)
- **Condos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condone-vs-condos)
- **condor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condone-vs-condor)
- **Conlon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condone-vs-conlon)
- **console** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condone-vs-console)
- **convene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condone-vs-convene)
- **confine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condone-vs-confine)
- **condo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condo-vs-condone)
- **conde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conde-vs-condone)
- **condom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condom-vs-condone)
- **Condon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condon-vs-condone)
- **condense** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condense-vs-condone)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccondone`, `cnodone`, `codnone`, `conddone`, `condnoe`, `condoen`, `condonne`, `conndone`, `conodne`, `ocndone`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/condone