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...
- : 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...
- "abdication of judicial responsibility". The Economist lambasted IATA's connivance with governments to fix prices and compared IATA with medieval guilds...
- important city. There, Alboin was "killed by his own people with the connivance of his wife" in 572. The dukes of Treviso often resided there. Adalgisus...
- Gyatso and escort him to Lhasa. By the end of the year, with Tibetan connivance they had captured Lhasa, killed Lhazang and all his family and deposed...
- 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...
- U.S. cartoon by Thomas Nast depicting Roman Catholic bishops as crocodiles attacking public schools, with the connivance of Irish Catholic politicians...
- brothers, Richard and Geoffrey, were living with their mother, and with her connivance, so it is said, he incited them to join him." Roger of Hoveden gives a...
- 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...
- Smith and his companions escaped custody, almost certainly with the connivance of the sheriff and guards. Many American newspapers criticized Missouri...