connivance

[ kuh-nahy-vuh ns ]

/ kəˈnaɪ vəns /

the act of conniving.

Law.

tacit encouragement or assent (without participation) to wrongdoing by another.
the consent by a person to a spouse's conduct, especially adultery, that is later made the basis of a divorce proceeding or other complaint.

Origin of connivance

1590–1600; earlier connivence (< F) < Latin connīventia. See connive, -ence, -ance

non·con·niv·ance, noun non·con·niv·ence, noun

On Tuesday, Russia called the upsurge in protests “connivance by Western politicians and European structures.”

Up to Speed: What’s Going on in Ukraine? |Nina Strochlic |February 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It was not arrived at by connivance all round, though there was a look of it.

Beauchamp's Career, Complete |George Meredith
If they get into the Invalides it is owing to the connivance of the soldiers.

The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 2 (of 6) |Hippolyte A. Taine
Even when elected by the connivance of government officials, the chief magistrate governed in accordance with republican forms.

The Hispanic Nations of the New World |William R. Shepherd

Still, if her father really has left her without any connivance on her part!

Ten Girls from Dickens |Kate Dickinson Sweetser
Even if the stigma should remain upon my character, they could never convict me of connivance for want of evidence.

Sheilah McLeod |Guy Boothby

connivance

/ (kəˈnaɪvəns) /

the act or fact of conniving

law the tacit encouragement of or assent to another's wrongdoing, esp (formerly) of the petitioner in a divorce suit to the respondent's adultery