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explain awayverb to give the reason for or cause ofafter the surprise attack, military leaders struggled to explain away the nation's unpreparedness account (for), attribute, explain, rationalize condone, excuse, forgive, justifyabsolve, acquit, exculpate, exonerate, vindicate to make (something) seem less bad by offering excusestried to explain away his adulterous affairs by saying that men are promiscuous by nature deodorize, excuse, extenuate, gloss (over), 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 in 1688 |