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connivance

/kəˈnaɪvəns/

connivance noun: the process of conniving or conspiring.

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Noun

connivance (countable and uncountable, plural connivances)

  1. The process of conniving or conspiring.
    • The Abbot’s house, which formed the third side of the square, was, though injured, still inhabited, and afforded refuge to the few brethren who yet, rather by connivance than by actual authority, were permitted to remain at Kennaquhair.1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and...

connivance meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

connivance in Tamil

(law) the process of conniving or conspiring
உடந்தை uṭantai

connivance in Urdu

چشم پوشی, ملی بھگت

connivance in Malayalam

collusion, complicity, collaboration
കണ്ടില്ലെന്ന നാട്യം, രഹസ്യധാരണയിലൂടെ പ്രവർത്തിക്കൽ, ഗൂഢാലോചനയിൽ ഭാഗഭാക്കാകൽ, ഒറ്റുചേരൽ, രഹസ്യധാരണ, രഹസ്യപ്രേരണ നല്കൽ

Forms of connivance

pluralconnivances
alternative formconnivancy
alternative formconnivence
alternative formconnivency

Origin of connivance

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

Words formed from connivance

Questions about connivance

What does connivance mean?
Connivance means the process of conniving or conspiring.
What is connivance in Tamil?
Connivance in Tamil is உடந்தை (uṭantai). See Connivance meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is connivance?
Connivance is a noun.
How do you pronounce connivance?
Connivance is pronounced /kəˈnaɪvəns/.
What is the plural of connivance?
The plural of connivance is connivances.

Words near connivance in the dictionary

  1. conniption
  2. conniption fit
  3. conniption fits
  4. conniptions
  5. Connitticut
  6. connivance
  7. connivances
  8. connivancies
  9. connivancy
  10. connivant
  11. connive

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: connivance (page history and authors); connivance (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); connivance (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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