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Word: Connivance
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century (also in the Latin sense ‘winking’): from French connivence or Latin conniventia, from connivere ‘shut the eyes (to)’ (see connive)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kəˈnʌɪvns
Dialects: British English
Definition:
willingness to allow or be secretly involved in an immoral or illegal act
Short Definition:willingness to allow or be secretly involved in immoral or illegal act
Examples:- this infringement of the law had taken place with the connivance of officials
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