adjective
- Willing to ignore or overlook wrongdoing; tacitly consenting to or permitting something improper.
- In botany, converging or coming together without actually touching.
Usage: Often used in formal or legal contexts; Usually followed by 'at' or 'in'
Usage: botanical/technical term
Examples
- The manager was connivent at the employee's repeated absences.
- A connivent attitude toward corruption undermines institutional integrity.
- The government was accused of being connivent in the fraud scheme.
- The petals are connivent, nearly meeting at their tips.
- Officials remained connivent while illegal activities continued unchecked.