もくにん
Mokunin
黙認 (Mokunin) is a Japanese noun meaning “tacit approval, tacit permission, connivance, acquiescence”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbtacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking
Examples
どうして君はそのような行いが黙認できるのだろうか。
How can you tolerate such a deed?
議論のため、母親と息子の近親相姦が黙認されている部族社会を仮定してみよう。
Imagine, for the sake of argument, a tribal group in which mother-son incest was countenanced.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).