condone

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
condone /kənˈdəʊn/

▶verb

• 1 [usu. with neg.] accept or forgive (behaviour considered wrong or offensive).

• 2 approve or sanction, especially reluctantly.

– derivatives
condonation /ˌkɒndəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ noun,
condoner noun.

– origin C19 (earlier (C17) as condonation): from L. condonare ‘refrain from punishing’.