con·niv·ance /kəˈnaɪvəns/ n. 1. 默许；纵容 The criminals could not have escaped without your connivance. 这些罪犯要是没有你的纵容是不可能逃跑的。 The crime was committed with the connivance of (或 in connivance with) his parents. 他的罪行是在他父母的纵容下犯的。 2. 【律】(对他人的恶行或犯罪的)默许；(对配偶不贞行为的)纵容(以作为日后离异或提起诉讼的依据)