Imagine- 100 Harvard professors signed a petition to admonish the University president for condoning Antisemitic comments. They use vague terms like "Freedom of thought" and in the nest step demand an advisory group regarding Islamophobia (whatever the fuck that is). Why is this so prevalent in higher education? These are the same folks who will shout down any conservative who walks on campus.
: to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless a government accused of condoning racism condone corruption in politics condonable kən-ˈdō-nə-bəl adjective condoner noun
nest 1 of 2 noun ˈnest Synonyms of nest 1 a : a bed or receptacle prepared by an animal and especially a bird for its eggs and young b : a place or specially modified structure serving as an abode of animals and especially of their immature stages an ants' nest c : a receptacle resembling a bird's nest 2 a : a place of rest, retreat, or lodging : HOME grown children who have left the nest b : DEN, HANGOUT 3 : the occupants or frequenters of a nest 4 a : a group of similar things a nest of giant mountains —Helen MacInnes b : HOTBED sense 2 a nest of rebellion 5 : a group of objects made to fit close together or one within another 6 : an emplaced group of weapons nest
2 of 2 verb nested; nesting; nests intransitive verb
1 : to build or occupy a nest : settle in or as if in a nest 2 : to fit compactly together or within one another : EMBED transitive verb
1 : to form a nest for 2 : to pack compactly together 3 : to form a hierarchy, series, or sequence of with each member, element, or set contained in or containing the next nested subroutines
1 a : to indicate duties or obligations to b : to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner were admonished for being late 2 : to give friendly earnest advice or encouragement to admonished them to be careful … users are admonished to change passwords regularly … —Mark Pothier 3 : to say (something) as advice or a warning The sign admonished, "Watch your step." "Please be silent while I tell my story," LaPautre admonished. —Louise Erdrich admonisher noun pluraladmonishers admonishment ad-ˈmä-nish-mənt noun plural admonishments
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Neither does "nest".
#TugConBrainTrust!
Some things never change
note:I included the definition for admonish just for HH because it's a pretty big word.
As per Merriam Webster....
condone
verb
con·done kən-ˈdōn
condoned; condoning
Synonyms of condone
transitive verb
: to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless
a government accused of condoning racism
condone corruption in politics
condonable
kən-ˈdō-nə-bəl
adjective
condoner noun
nest
1 of 2
noun
ˈnest
Synonyms of nest
1
a
: a bed or receptacle prepared by an animal and especially a bird for its eggs and young
b
: a place or specially modified structure serving as an abode of animals and especially of their immature stages
an ants' nest
c
: a receptacle resembling a bird's nest
2
a
: a place of rest, retreat, or lodging : HOME
grown children who have left the nest
b
: DEN, HANGOUT
3
: the occupants or frequenters of a nest
4
a
: a group of similar things
a nest of giant mountains
—Helen MacInnes
b
: HOTBED sense 2
a nest of rebellion
5
: a group of objects made to fit close together or one within another
6
: an emplaced group of weapons
nest
2 of 2
verb
nested; nesting; nests
intransitive verb
1
: to build or occupy a nest : settle in or as if in a nest
2
: to fit compactly together or within one another : EMBED
transitive verb
1
: to form a nest for
2
: to pack compactly together
3
: to form a hierarchy, series, or sequence of with each member, element, or set contained in or containing the next
nested subroutines
admonish
verb
ad·mon·ish ad-ˈmä-nish
admonished; admonishing; admonishes
Synonyms of admonish
transitive verb
1
a
: to indicate duties or obligations to
b
: to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner
were admonished for being late
2
: to give friendly earnest advice or encouragement to
admonished them to be careful
… users are admonished to change passwords regularly …
—Mark Pothier
3
: to say (something) as advice or a warning
The sign admonished, "Watch your step."
"Please be silent while I tell my story," LaPautre admonished.
—Louise Erdrich
admonisher noun
pluraladmonishers
admonishment
ad-ˈmä-nish-mənt
noun
plural admonishments
HTH
And all a person has to do is read the article. I've herd this bored makes fun of poasts with gramma errs.
Wonder why
Not really