Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: connivance
IPA transcription: [kən'aɪvəns]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: connivance, secret_approval, tacit_consent
    Meaning: (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing
  • Synonyms: connivance, collusion
    Meaning: agreement on a secret plot
Usage examples
  • The connivance of Doctor Walker was suggested by his love for Louise.
  • Then, furious at her apparent connivance, he had started for the station.
  • The doubt that crept through my mind as to any possibility of connivance between her and Pickering was as vague and fleeting as the shadow of a swallow’s wing on a sunny meadow.
  • She sought Brandon upon all occasions, and made opportunities to meet him; not openly--at any rate, not with Brandon's knowledge, nor with any connivance on his part, but apparently caring little what he or any one else might see.