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Added 9 October 2026

connivance

/kəˈnaɪvəns/ noun

Latin root: connīventia Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about connivance at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Agreement on a secret plot.
(law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing.

Origin

From early 18th c., replaced earlier form connivence (late 16th c.), from Latin connīventia, from connīvēns (“winking”).

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