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gloze (over)verb to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuseshe tried to gloze over his drinking problem by noting that he had never done drugs deodorize, excuse, explain away, extenuate, gloss (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 importancewe're certainly willing to gloze over a couple of minor historical inaccuracies in an otherwise splendid movie blink (at), brush (aside or off), condone, discount, disregard, excuse, forgive, gloss (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) |