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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Connivance

/kən-īv'-əns/ · Con·niv·ance · IPA /kəˈnaɪvəns/
01 n. Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation.
  1. 1.
    Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation.
  2. 2.
    Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it.(Law)
Syn. See Collusion.