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Condescent vs. Condescend — What's the Difference?

Condescent vs. Condescend — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Condescent and Condescend

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Condescent

(obsolete) An act of condescension.

Condescend

To do something that one regards as beneath one's social rank or dignity; lower oneself. ]

Condescent

An act of condescension.

Condescend

(intransitive) To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something).

Condescend

(intransitive) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing (toward someone); to talk down (to someone).
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Condescend

To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing toward (someone); to talk down to (someone).

Condescend

To consent, agree.

Condescend

To come down.

Condescend

To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one's self to an inferior.
Can they think me so broken, so debasedWith corporal servitude, that my mind everWill condescend to such absurd commands?
Spain's mighty monarch,In gracious clemency, does condescend,On these conditions, to become your friend.
Those who thought they were honoring me by condescending to address a few words to me.

Condescend

To consent.
All parties willingly condescended heruento.

Condescend

Behave in a patronizing and condescending manner

Condescend

Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

Condescend

Debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way;
I won't stoop to reading other people's mail

Condescend

Treat condescendingly

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