資料來源 : pyDict
默許,縱容,假裝不見
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
connivance
n 1: agreement on a secret plot [syn: {collusion}]
2: (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing [syn: {secret
approval}, {tacit consent}]