Question
Condoned (i) We strongly condone the violence against the migrants. (ii) Letting her go with a mere warning showed that her behaviour was condoned by the authorities. (iii) I was too awry to applaud or condone the traditions that the family was following.
In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in THREE different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentences in which the usage of the word is CORRECT or APPROPRIATE.Solution
Condone means to accept unwillingly or by ignoring a few things. In (i) and (iii) the correct word is condemn.
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