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Present participle for to provide or serve as a satisfactory explanation for
Present participle for to (attempt to) lessen or mitigate the seriousness of
Present participle for to regard something as being caused by
Present participle for to prove to be justified or warranted
(
gloss over
)
Present participle for to downplay something that is unfavorable or serious
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Present participle for to provide or serve as a satisfactory explanation for
explaining
rationalising
UK
rationalizing
US
attributing
accounting for
excusing
justifying
defending
vindicating
extenuating
making excuses for
giving an explanation for
making acceptable
resolving
mitigating
clearing up
warranting
giving a reason for
providing a rationale for
illuminating
elucidating
coming up with an explanation
showing grounds for
clarifying
giving reasons for
answering for
giving an explanation
appeasing
whitewashing
sanctioning
covering
providing a justification for
alibiing
providing an explanation for
clearing
making a case for
pretexting
giving an excuse for
exonerating oneself
clearing the air about
giving a justification for
absolving yourself
shedding light on
answering to
throwing light upon
vindicating oneself
giving a rationale for
giving an alibi for
legitimising
UK
throwing light on
exculpating oneself
legitimizing
US
supporting
giving an apologia for
corroborating
acquiting oneself
pettifogging
paralogizing
reconciling
making allowances for
making allowance
giving good reason for
reasoning out
giving alibi
“She tried to
explain away
her absence from work by blaming it on a sudden illness.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to (attempt to) lessen or mitigate the seriousness of
excusing
palliating
whitewashing
extenuating
deodorising
UK
deodorizing
US
glossing over
glozing over
vindicating
justifying
exonerating
defending
explaining
glozing
exculpating
condoning
making allowances for
making excuses for
making allowances
coming up with an explanation for
giving an explanation for
making a case for
“I couldn't
explain away
the damages to my car when I crashed it into the wall.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to regard something as being caused by
attributing
ascribing
crediting
accrediting
imputing
assigning
allocating
allotting
applying
blaming
rationalising
UK
rationalizing
US
charging
explaining
laying
referring
tracing
accounting for
associating
chalking up
connecting
putting down
referencing
associating with
chalking up to
connecting with
holding responsible for
putting down to
setting down
setting down to
fixing upon
hanging on
holding responsible
laying on
pinning on
placing on
sticking on
laying at the door of
Verb
▲
Present participle for to prove to be justified or warranted
vindicating
excusing
justifying
defending
warranting
rationalising
UK
rationalizing
US
legitimising
UK
legitimizing
US
supporting
sanctioning
approving
validating
whitewashing
permitting
condoning
meriting
upholding
endorsing
necessitating
accounting for
approving of
consenting to
offering grounds for
giving ground for
calling for
pardoning
absolving
exculpating
licencing
UK
licensing
US
exempting
exonerating
qualifying
acquiting
acquitting
authorizing
US
authorising
UK
entitling one to
demanding
deserving
entitling
earning
requiring
rating
entailing
qualifying for
Verb
▲
(
gloss over
)
Present participle for to downplay something that is unfavorable or serious
glossing
whitewashing
downplaying
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
extenuating
understating
belying
palliating
rationalising
UK
rationalizing
US
justifying
sugarcoating
varnishing
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
de-emphasizing
playing down
glossing over
brushing aside
making light of
shrugging off
smoothing over
glozing over
brushing something under the carpet
mitigating
lessening
qualifying
prettifying
softening up
covering up
candy-coating
toning down
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