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  1. 1. v. t. To pardon; to forgive. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 1. To pardon; to forgive. A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned. W. Black. 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. 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. Source: webster
  5. 5. To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for aviolation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or thewife. Source: adambom
  6. 6. v:100 v excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with Source: ecdict

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