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gloss (over)verb 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 deodorize, excuse, explain away, extenuate, gloze (over), palliate, whitewash sugarcoat, varnishapologize, atone, confessaccount (for), explain, justify, rationalizeminimize, play down, soft-pedalalleviate, ease, lessen, lighten, mitigate, moderate, soften, temperabsolve, acquit, clear, exculpate, exonerate, vindicate to dismiss as of little importancethis biographer tends to gloss over his subject's many character flaws blink (at), brush (aside or off), condone, discount, disregard, excuse, forgive, gloze (over), ignore, overlook, overpass, paper over, pardon, pass over, remit, shrug off, whitewash, wink (at) explain, justify, rationalizeabsolve, acquit, clear, exculpate, exonerate, vindicatewaive, wave (aside or off) close one's eyes to, forgive and forget heed, mark, mind, note, object (to) |