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glosses (over)verbpresent tense third-person singular of gloss (over) to make (something) seem less bad by offering excusesI don't want to gloss over her misbehavior, but keep in mind that she's been under a lot of stress lately deodorizes, excuses, explains away, extenuates, glozes (over), palliates, whitewashes sugarcoats, varnishesapologizes, atones, confessesaccounts (for), explains, justifies, rationalizesminimizes, plays down, soft-pedalsalleviates, eases, lessens, lightens, mitigates, moderates, softens, tempersabsolves, acquits, clears, exculpates, exonerates, vindicates to dismiss as of little importancethis biographer tends to gloss over his subject's many character flaws blinks (at), brushes (aside or off), condones, discounts, disregards, excuses, forgives, glozes (over), ignores, overlooks, overpasses, papers over, pardons, passes over, remits, shrugs off, whitewashes, winks (at) explains, justifies, rationalizesabsolves, acquits, clears, exculpates, exonerates, vindicateswaives, waves (aside or off) closes one's eyes to, forgives and forgets heeds, marks, minds, notes, objects (to) |