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excusedverbpast tense of excuse to dismiss as of little importancemore often than not, voters are willing to excuse a candidate's youthful indiscretion blinked (at), brushed (aside or off), condoned, discounted, disregarded, 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) closed one's eyes to, forgave and forgot heeded, marked, minded, noted, objected (to) to be an acceptable reason forhaving a female passenger in labor will generally excuse a little disregard for the speed limit justified accounted (for), alibied, explained, explained away, rationalizedbrushed (aside or off), condoned, disregarded, forgave, glossed (over), glozed (over), ignored, pardoned, passed over, remitted, shrugged off, winked (at) to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuseshe's always excusing his chronic lying by claiming that everybody lies deodorized, explained away, extenuated, glossed (over), glozed (over), palliated, whitewashed sugarcoated, varnishedapologized, atoned, confessedaccounted (for), explained, justified, rationalizedminimized, played down, soft-pedaledalleviated, eased, lessened, lightened, mitigated, moderated, softened, temperedabsolved, acquitted, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated |