Condone vs Complacent - What's the difference?
condone | complacent |
To forgive, excuse or overlook (something).
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=18 To allow, accept or permit (something).
(legal) To forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense).
Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.
Apathetic with regard to an apparent need or problem.
As a verb condone
is to forgive, excuse or overlook (something).As an adjective complacent is
uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.condone
English
Verb
(condon)citation, passage=‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?}}