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connivance
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun connivance has 2 senses
- connivance(n = noun.communication) collusion - agreement on a secret plot; Array is a kind of agreement
- connivance(n = noun.communication) secret approval, tacit consent - (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing; Array is a kind of approval, commendation
has particulars: cahoot
Derived form verb connive2
Derived form verb connive1
CIDE DICTIONARY
connivance, n. [Cf. F. connivence, L. conniventia.].
- Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or coöperation. [1913 Webster]
- Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it.
Syn. -- See Collusion.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
connivance, n.
1 (often foll. by at, in) conniving (connivance in the crime).
2 tacit permission (done with his connivance).
1 (often foll. by at, in) conniving (connivance in the crime).
2 tacit permission (done with his connivance).
Etymology
F connivence or L conniventia (as connive)
THESAURUS
connivance
OK, 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, 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-pullingROGET THESAURUS
connivance
Permission
N permission, leave, allowance, sufferance, tolerance, toleration, liberty, law, license, concession, grace, indulgence, favor, dispensation, exemption, release, connivance, vouchsafement, authorization, warranty, accordance, admission, permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman, hukm, pass, passport, furlough, license, carte blanche, ticket of leave, grant, charter, patent, letters patent, permitting, permissive, indulgent, permitted, patent, chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal, legalized, licit, unforbid, unforbidden, unconditional, by leave, with leave, on leave, speciali gratia, under favor of, pace, ad libitum, by all means, yes, avec permissin, brevet d'invention.
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