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...
- hospitality pvt ltd alleging purchase of 69.55 bigha (approx. 28 acres) land in connivance with Rajasthan government officials at sub market rates (7.2 million)...
- 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...
- January 1933 by President Paul von Hindenburg through the support and connivance of traditional conservative nationalists who believed that they could...
- his wife (Judy Luciano), poses as a hot-shot executive with the crew's connivance. A ship's steward (Bob Crane) is reunited with his long-lost daughter...
- aristocrat Stanisław August Poniatowski was elected monarch with the connivance and support of his former lover Catherine the Great, a German noblewoman...
- Smith and his companions escaped custody, almost certainly with the connivance of the sheriff and guards. Many American newspapers criticized Missouri...
- U.S. cartoon by Thomas Nast depicting Roman Catholic bishops as crocodiles attacking public schools, with the connivance of Irish Catholic politicians...