Connive and Excuse

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Connive verb - To secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful.

Usage example: the principal connived at all the school absences that were recorded on the day of the city's celebration of its Super Bowl victory

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Excuse and connive are semantically related. in deliberately ignore topic. In some cases you can use "Excuse" instead a verb "Connive".

Excuse verb - To dismiss as of little importance.

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Connive and excuse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Connive" instead a verb "Excuse".

Nearby Words: excusing, excused, excusable

True, your current king may be an improvement, but he has set a precedent that the throne belongs to whomever can connive his way into it — often enough without the excuse that the current king is worse than he is.

Source: The Wrongful Heir to the Throne

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