blinked (at), brushed (aside or off), condoned, discounted, disregarded, excused, forgave, glossed (over), glozed (over), ignored, overlooked, overpassed, papered over, pardoned, passed over, remitted, shrugged off, whitewashed, winked (at)

explained, justified, rationalizedabsolved, acquitted, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicatedwaived, waved (aside or off)

forgave and forgot

heeded, marked, minded, noted, objected (to)