Definition of Connivance. Meaning of Connivance. Synonyms of Connivance

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Definition of Connivance

Connivance
Connivance Con*niv"ance, n. [Cf. F. connivence, L. conniventia.] 1. Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or co["o]peration. 2. (Law) Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it. Syn: See Collusion.

Meaning of Connivance from wikipedia

- Look up connivance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Connivance is the act of conniving or conspiring, especially with the knowledge of and active or...
- State crimes are crimes committed on behalf of or with the connivance of governments. The investigation and prosecution of such crimes is made more difficult...
- : 11–20  While still under the domain of the Mongol-Tatars and with their connivance, Moscow began to ****ert its influence in the region in the early 14th...
- her mother, Masistes' wife, as Amestris thought that it was due to her connivance. On Xerxes' birthday, Amestris sent for his guards and mutilated Artaynte's...
- Marcos. Claiming his life was under threat through what he described as a connivance between Marcos and the US government, Quiboloy went into hiding and designated...
- January 1933 by President Paul von Hindenburg through the support and connivance of traditional conservative nationalists who believed that they could...
- whose secretary, Chach, a Brahmin, usurped the throne after his death in connivance with Sohan Devi, the King's widow, and established the Brahmin dynasty...
- Canterbury, and allegedly William had knowledge of this plot or was in connivance with the mercenaries. Whatever the truth, Henry fled Canterbury and returned...
- connection with his wife, for a considerable time with his privity and connivance." James Monroe was among the first men to be informed of this scandal...
- governor of Durrës. In circa 1005, however, Ashot and Miroslava, with the connivance of Chryselios, fled to Constantinople, where they notified Emperor Basil...