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explained awayverbpast tense of explain away to give the reason for or cause ofafter the surprise attack, military leaders struggled to explain away the nation's unpreparedness accounted (for), attributed, explained, rationalized condoned, excused, forgave, justifiedabsolved, acquitted, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated to make (something) seem less bad by offering excusestried to explain away his adulterous affairs by saying that men are promiscuous by nature deodorized, excused, 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 |