connivance

  • 1connivance — con·ni·vance /kə nī vəns/ n: the act of conniving esp. with regard to a spouse s marital misconduct (as adultery); also: a defense to a charge of marital misconduct in a divorce proceeding compare condonation Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law.… …

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  • 2Connivance — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3connivance — the main modern form of CONNIVENCE (Cf. connivence) (q.v.) …

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  • 4connivance — [kə nī′vəns] n. [Fr connivence < L coniventia, < prp. of conivere: see CONNIVE] 1. the act of conniving 2. passive cooperation, as by consent or pretended ignorance, esp. in wrongdoing …

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  • 5connivance — [[t]kəna͟ɪv(ə)ns[/t]] N UNCOUNT: usu with supp, oft with the N of n (disapproval) Connivance is a willingness to allow or assist something to happen even though you know it is wrong. It was stolen by Odysseus, with the connivance of Helen... The… …

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  • 6connivance — n. 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) * * * connivance, ancy see connivence, ency …

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  • 7Connivance — A legal finding of connivance may be made when an accuser has assisted in the act about which they are complaining. In some legal jurisdictions, and for certain behaviors, it may prevent the accuser from prevailing. For example, if someone were… …

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  • 8connivance — See collusion. See collusion, connivance …

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  • 9connivance — A secret cooperation in an illegal or wrongful act. As a defense in an action for divorce on the ground of adultery: a corrupt consent by one spouse that the other shall commit adultery. Giddings v Giddings, 167 Or 504, 114 P2d 1009. A wife is… …

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  • 10connivance — connive ► VERB 1) (connive at/in) secretly allow (a wrongdoing). 2) (often connive with) conspire. DERIVATIVES connivance noun. ORIGIN Latin connivere shut the eyes (to) …

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