gedogen

gedogen
 n.— «Jonquiere also thinks there is something innately Dutch about supporting euthanasia. He links it to the Dutch concept of gedogen, which he says roughly translates as tolerance of even legally dubious practices, as long as they can be morally justified.» —“A time to die” by Michael Petrou Maclean’s (Toronto, Can.) Sept. 5, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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