Condone - plus, test your vocabulary

[Merriam-Webster]( WORD OF THE DAY [February 4, 2019](#none) condone [Audio pronunciation]( verb | kun-DOHN Definition : to regard or treat (something bad or [blameworthy]() as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless Scroll down for more about condone TRENDING NOW: [squall]( [vortex]( [assimilation]( [cave]( [SEE ALL [>]]( PEOPLE ARE READING # [The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 2/1/19]( # ['Largesse' — Video Word of the Day 2/1/2019]( # ['Raddled' — Video Word of the Day 1/31/2019]( # [New England vs. Los Angeles: A Battle of Words]( WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE [Challenging Vocab Quiz]( How many do you know? [PLAY NOW]( Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try! [TAKE ME THERE [>]]( Did You Know? Since some folks don't condone even minor usage slips, you might want to get the meaning of this word straight. Although English speakers sometimes use condone with the intended meaning "approve of" or "encourage," the more established meaning is closer to "pardon" or "overlook." Condone comes from the Latin verb condonare, which means "to absolve." Condonare in turn combines the Latin prefix con-, indicating thoroughness, and donare, meaning "to give" or "to grant." Not surprisingly, donare is also the source of our words [donate]( and [pardon](. Examples of CONDONE The school handbook explicitly states that bullying will not be condoned. "Forgiving those who have hurt us, or our loved ones, does not mean we condone what they did. What it means is, we are willing to let go, giving ourselves permission to move forward and to take back control of our lives." — Mike Zimmer, The Record Observer (Centreville, Maryland), 28 Dec. 2018 Test Your Vocabulary Unscramble the letters to create a noun that refers to (among other things) the maximum amount of a pesticide residue that may lawfully remain on or in food: ETCOLNEAR. [VIEW THE ANSWER [>]]( WORD OF THE YEAR 2018 Justice + 10 more Read why justice is our Word of the Year, plus lodestar, epiphany, pansexual, and 7 more top words! [SEE THE FULL LIST [>]]( MORE WORD FUN: [WORD GAMES [>]]( [TRENDING NOW [>]]( [WORDS AT PLAY [>]]( FOLLOW US: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( [Instagram]( [Pinterest]( SHARE: [Facebook][Facebook]( [Twitter][Twitter]( [View this email in a web browser]( You are receiving this email because you opted in to receive the Merriam-Webster Word of the Day. [Unsubscribe from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day]( [Manage your subscription settings]( Merriam-Webster, Inc. 47 Federal Street P.O. Box 281 Springfield, MA 01102 [www.merriam-webster.com](