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What is another word for
excuse
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▲
Noun
A reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offense
(
excuse for
)
A poor or inadequate example of
A need or reason to do or be something
A very poor or inadequate example of
Offcome
An ambiguity or inadequacy in the law or a set of rules
(
under color of
)
A semblance or pretext
A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling
(
formal
)
The forgiveness of sins
A fabricated story, especially one intended to deceive
The action of evading something
Usefulness or benefit
Verb
To forgive (someone) for a fault or offense
To disregard as unimportant or insignificant
To provide an acceptable explanation for
To put up with
To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense
To provide or serve as a satisfactory explanation for
To merit or be a justification for
To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner
Make amends for
To dismiss from duty or employment
To make (something bad) less severe or serious
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▲
Noun
▲
A reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offense
justification
reason
plea
defence
UK
explanation
grounds
extenuation
mitigation
pretence
UK
pretense
US
vindication
evasion
front
rationalisation
UK
rationalization
US
alibi
apology
basis
cause
cover
defense
US
palliation
pretext
apologia
argument
coverup
line
story
disguise
expedient
fabrication
routine
subterfuge
whitewash
cop-out
get-out
cover story
cover-up
mitigating circumstances
ostensible reason
song and dance
why and wherefore
fish story
case
rationale
reasoning
account
assertion
exoneration
declaration
answer
validation
logic
accounting
support
thesis
claim
exculpation
evidence
statement
foundation
sense
motive
acquittal
reasons
raison d'être
premise
advocacy
allegation
approval
stall
contention
polemic
retort
apologetics
argumentation
proof
whatfor
expostulation
motivation
thinking
theory
principle
philosophy
pleading
line of reasoning
logical basis
appeasement
way around
action
suit
apologism
apologetic
out
right
substantiation
ratification
meaning
modification
qualification
moderation
reduction
fish tale
clearing
compurgation
revenge
endorsement
explication
proclamation
appeal
petition
exposition
presentation
postulation
confession
copout
expounding
excusing
explaining
response
promotion
an excuse
whyfor
sour grapes
the big idea
the whole idea
whys and wherefores
hypothesis
jive
apologizing
US
return
cleanup
testimony
apologising
UK
ploy
ruse
issue
questioning
discharge
pardon
acquittance
device
the why and wherefore
profession
affirmation
reply
assurance
defending evidence
avowal
warrant
simulation
stratagem
demonstration
dialectic
absolution
connection
feint
con
syllogism
ratiocination
airtight case
extenuating circumstances
whitewashing
wherefore
palliative
rationality
just cause
school of thought
good sense
red herring
supposed grounds
fig leaf
alleged reason
false excuse
whole idea
more ❯
“Cynics advanced the view that self-defense was merely an
excuse
for the overreaction.”
Noun
▲
(
excuse for
)
A poor or inadequate example of
apology for
travesty of
mockery of
pale shadow of
pitiful example of
poor imitation of
poor specimen of
“Blake decided to ignore Travis and focus on their poor
excuse
for a rib-eye roast.”
Noun
▲
A need or reason to do or be something
occasion
cause
reason
call
justification
motive
grounds
inducement
necessity
provocation
rationale
antecedent
basis
causality
causation
incentive
need
requirement
foundation
pretext
stimulus
warrant
determinant
explanation
ground
influence
motivation
obligation
prompting
purpose
right
premise
argument
wherefore
why
account
authority
factor
subject
rationalization
US
rationalisation
UK
defence
UK
defense
US
impetus
case
consideration
point
underpinning
accounting
inspiration
footing
evidence
claim
extenuation
mitigation
reasoning
pretension
pretence
UK
pretense
US
mitigating circumstances
sake
groundwork
bedrock
base
whyfor
presumption
goal
intention
aim
objective
apology
vindication
apologia
design
end
target
object
spur
exposition
stimulant
encouragement
driver
instigation
story
source
genesis
origin
why and wherefore
causal agent
driving force
chief ingredient
whys and wherefores
principal element
urge
impulse
stimulation
lure
bait
enticement
carrot
sweetener
yeast
boost
momentum
attraction
allurement
douceur
drive
insistence
premium
exhortation
persuasion
catalyst
reason why
spring
temptation
shot in the arm
come-on
incitement
goad
incitation
push
fillip
prompt
prod
turn-on
draw
pull
invitation
bribe
urging
seduction
decoy
siren song
motivating force
impulsion
kick up the backside
appeal
pressure
snare
trap
goading
trigger
magnet
lift
interest
tonic
kick
propellant
allure
stimulator
hook
fascination
prodding
coaxing
seducement
inveiglement
mousetrap
hidden agenda
force
mainspring
flash
charge
piquing
sting
thrust
excitant
movement
clarion call
propulsion
desire
spark
reviver
charm
speed
motion
spark plug
ambush
refreshment
fake
trick
camouflage
pick-me-up
tout
delusion
gimmick
illusion
carrot and stick
agenda
drug
con game
sitting duck
ax to grind
beseeching
egging on
score to settle
excitement
ammunition
fodder
actuation
prick
compulsion
activation
needle
tantalization
kick-start
siren
jog
honeypot
uplift
spice
agitation
motivator
teaser
bung
candy
drag
shill
drawing card
zest
aid
help
shove
pressing
spurring
amphetamine
psychostimulant
cocaine
fuel
kick in the pants
stirring
pushing
pressurization
US
impellent
energy
strength
power
animus
example
model
motive power
sugared pill
will
reminder
invigoration
US
muse
desirability
stimulating substance
fount
beginning
root
fountain
generator
piquancy
tittivation
envigoration
UK
titillation
nudge
forward motion
bewitchment
enchantment
glamour
UK
seductiveness
revelation
animating force
pressurisation
UK
needling
go-forward
welly
steam
velocity
convincing
cajolery
magnetism
captivation
inspo
inducing
persuading
conversion
a shot in the arm
glamor
US
blandishment
creativeness
awakening
arousal
eureka
driving power
cue
arm-twisting
suasion
intent
chief reason
impelling cause
guiding light
bang
precipitant
fireworks
courting
solicitation
temptingness
ambition
con
chief motive
prime mover
motive force
reward
concern
focus
hope
eye-opener
geeing-up
perk
leader
brainwash
twist
facilitator
gravitation towards
determination
resolve
wish
aspiration
preoccupation
ideal
dream
agitator
resolution
mission
vision
care
hard sell
sweet talk
snow job
soft soap
adjuvant
incendiary
springboard
leaven
plan
thinking
inclination towards
radical stimulus
end game
restorative
energizer
wave maker
straw that stirs the drink
holy grail
signal
nod
upper
analeptic
antidepressant
refresher
hidden motive
Holy Grail
vested interest
object of desire
special interest
prejudice
bracer
roborant
green light
go-ahead
hair of the dog
drink
pep pill
spark pulg
parti pris
ulterior motive
secret plan
more ❯
Noun
▲
A very poor or inadequate example of
apology
pretence
UK
pretense
US
imitation
travesty
caricature
mockery
pale shadow
poor substitute
inadequate example
pathetic excuse
poor example
poor imitation
stop gap
parody
sham
farce
charade
cartoon
deception
burlesque
lampoon
spoof
mimicry
send-up
take-off
joke
shambles
absurdity
nonsense
masquerade
malarkey
ridiculousness
circus
disgrace
embarrassment
piece of futility
waste of time
laughing stock
satire
takeoff
pastiche
skit
impersonation
impression
pasquinade
sendup
put-on
distortion
rib
ridicule
pasticcio
squib
mime
pantomime
misrepresentation
aping
mock
roast
mocking
simulation
imitating
perversion
corruption
mimicking
lampoonery
apery
act
personation
playacting
pappyshow
apology for
play
derision
jest
distorted drawing
sketch
comedy
exaggerated drawing
copy
debasement
mickey-take
pasquil
takedown
invective
wisecrack
quip
prank
exaggeration
falsification
libel
excuse for
drawing
bon mot
false impression
copying
irony
insult
play-on
mock-heroic
raillery
picture
representation
comic strip
pale imitation
strip cartoon
funny drawing
political cartoon
fake
parroting
facade
show
front
slapstick
mimesis
posture
mimetism
camouflage
guise
semblance
airs
façade
disguise
pose
pretension
pretentiousness
simulacrum
make-believe
trick
pageant
mummery
humor
US
humour
UK
buffoonery
vaudeville
acting
false display
high camp
low camp
interlude
horseplay
broad comedy
camp
pratfall comedy
slapstick comedy
campy art
characterization
portrayal
rendition
theatricals
play acting
dumb show
portraying
depiction
more ❯
Noun
▲
Offcome
offcome
Noun
▲
An ambiguity or inadequacy in the law or a set of rules
loophole
ambiguity
let-out
crack
defect
discrepancy
dodge
escape
escape clause
fault
flaw
inadequacy
inconsistency
omission
pretence
UK
pretense
US
pretext
shortcoming
slip
subterfuge
alternative
escape route
get-out
means of avoidance
means of evasion
out
outlet
technicality
workaround
let-out clause
means of escape
way out
weakness
hole
opening
window
weak point
Noun
▲
(
under color of
)
A semblance or pretext
colour
UK
color
US
guise
pretext
pretence
UK
appearance
cloak
disguise
facade
façade
front
mask
pretense
US
face
show
outward appearance
put-on
semblance
false show
charade
masquerade
act
pose
airs
screen
illusion
cover
smokescreen
posture
playacting
blind
false display
role
air
false front
false colours
demeanor
US
light
demeanour
UK
put-up job
veneer
veil
affectation
simulation
dissimulation
sham
camouflage
deception
display
posturing
pretension
make-believe
fakery
artifice
feigning
subterfuge
cover-up
impression
window dressing
image
hoax
false appearance
look
falsification
fake
shamming
gloss
exterior
imitation
posing
faking
bluff
fabrication
smoke screen
deceit
play-acting
shroud
ruse
pretentiousness
impersonation
trick
misrepresentation
con
trickery
schtick
public image
smoke and mirrors
invention
ostentation
insincerity
disguisement
hokum
aspect
fig leaf
acting
false pretense
counterfeit
window-dressing
countenance
false colors
parody
mien
snivel
stall
character
travesty
dissembling
visage
part
red herring
costume
concealment
portrayal
falsehood
dumb act
performance
beard
masking
feint
covering
curtain
humbug
pageant
routine
lie
shuffling
stunt
garb
evasion
attitude
manner
bearing
affectedness
identity
double-dealing
whitewash
carriage
artificiality
coloring
US
pretending
persona
expression
mug
fraudulence
duplicity
fraud
deceitfulness
colouring
UK
profile
dissemblance
shade
dishonesty
falsity
mendacity
treachery
lying
hypocrisy
wile
snobbery
pretensions
inflation
grandiosity
superciliousness
simulacrum
claim
kidology
person
exaggeration
side
suggestion
layer
dress
effect
snootiness
uppishness
a put-on
public face
assumed role
a put-up job
airs and graces
going Hollywood
showing off
assumed manners
unnatural imitation
lack of veracity
putting on airs
false excuse
bluffing
hoaxing
outward display
cast
farce
pantomime
coverup
mere façade
likeness
personality
figure
an act
mannerism
mockery
assumption
name
scheme
a scene
attitudinizing
showing
stand
imposture
mummery
disguising
closeting
contortion
mimicry
shield
phoniness
self
personation
revel
outward show
profession
smoke-screen
mantle
blanket
fakeness
frontage
outfit
personage
stance
coverture
penumbra
pall
hood
cope
chaser
ploy
hamming
phoney
UK
phony
US
dissimilation
avatar
depiction
wraps
get-up
sweet talk
soft soap
public perception
public conception
arrogance
shuck and jive
pan
puss
public impression
piece
representation
stint
lead
features
muzzle
physiognomy
feature
kisser
title
bit
personification
hero
ingenue
star
protagonist
extra
player
title role
heroine
walk-on part
non-speaking part
presentation
walk-on
starring role
bit part
more ❯
Noun
▲
A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling
casuistry
speciousness
chicanery
equivocation
sophism
sophistry
oversubtleness
casuistics
deception
deceptiveness
delusion
evasion
fallaciousness
fallacy
fudging
lie
quibbling
spuriousness
subtlety
justification
legalism
rationalisation
UK
rationalization
US
trick
specious reasoning
overgeneral reasoning
unsound reasoning
twisting the facts
error
untruth
falsehood
misapprehension
misinterpretation
mistake
miscalculation
erroneousness
deceit
misconstrual
heresy
inconsistency
flaw
inexactness
faultiness
invalidity
artifice
solecism
ambiguity
bias
erratum
elusion
aberration
preconception
perversion
quirk
notion
subterfuge
prejudice
paradox
cavil
illogicality
deviation
non sequitur
falsity
falseness
trickery
bogusness
hollowness
phoniness
inaccuracy
illegitimacy
bastardy
bar sinister
misleading
fooling
duping
tricking
deluding
fraudulence
dishonesty
paralogy
spin
use of fallacious arguments
fudge
cop-out
cover-up
misconception
illusion
misbelief
myth
misconstruction
misjudgement
misjudgment
hallucination
fantasy
mistaken belief
mistaken impression
false notion
faulty reasoning
unsound argument
misunderstanding
incorrectness
misreading
false impression
wrong idea
mix-up
fault
untruthfulness
fabrication
fiction
misconstruing
misimpression
incomprehension
misknowledge
wrongness
mistakenness
mendacity
duplicity
false belief
fictitiousness
confusion
deceitfulness
hypocrisy
fraud
disingenuousness
unveracity
confounding
misreckoning
unorthodoxy
old wivesʼ tale
unsuitability
impropriety
unsoundness
imprecision
wrong belief
impreciseness
blunder
lying
perjury
truthlessness
inveracity
kidology
erroneous belief
wrong end of the stick
hole
false interpretation
paralogism
quibble
fallacious argument
subtle argument
taradiddle
fable
prevarication
double-dealing
story
tale
tarradiddle
whopper
treachery
unreality
fib
porky
cheating
perfidy
misrepresentation
sham
fake
uncandidness
fairy tale
insincerity
canard
pork pie
more ❯
Noun
▲
(
formal
)
The forgiveness of sins
remission
forgiveness
absolution
pardon
amnesty
indulgence
pardoning
exoneration
release
discharge
exemption
remittal
reprieve
acquittal
exculpation
mercy
clemency
condonation
leniency
grace
lenience
vindication
conciliation
indemnity
allowance
freeing
anchor
commute
forbearance
dispensation
immunity
freedom
let-off
impunity
exception
relief
exclusion
letting off
special consideration
liberty
purgation
shriving
condoning
clearing
oblivion
delivery
shrift
general pardon
licence
license
relaxation
deliverance
liberation
privilege
permission
extenuation
respite
quittance
palliation
free pardon
compurgation
setting free
Noun
▲
A fabricated story, especially one intended to deceive
fairy story
lie
fabrication
untruth
fib
falsehood
story
falsity
invention
falsification
whopper
porky
canard
fairy tale
trumped-up story
half-truth
fake news
white lie
tall story
made-up story
piece of fiction
alternative fact
tall tale
terminological inexactitude
porky pie
cock and bull story
pork pie
cock-and-bull story
angler's tale
fiction
tale
yarn
prevarication
fable
myth
mendacity
taradiddle
tarradiddle
flight of fancy
exaggeration
barefaced lie
little white lie
red herring
deception
departure from the truth
figment of the imagination
pretence
UK
pretense
US
sham
rumour
UK
pretext
bulldust
rumor
US
concoction
stratagem
trickery
ruse
wile
misrepresentation
fantasy
figment
line
deceit
untruism
distortion
fish story
song and dance
forgery
phantasy
hogwash
jazz
kidology
misinformation
disinformation
perjury
misstatement
gossip
dissimulation
propaganda
shaggy-dog story
detraction
unlikely story
farfetched story
fanciful tale
unbelievable tale
pishogue
whisper
remarkable story
big lie
false statement
untruthfulness
equivocation
spinach
evasiveness
crock
contrivance
nancy story
half truth
conspiracy theory
economy with the truth
urban myth
urban legend
figment of imagination
fake
guile
fraudulence
hyperbole
dishonesty
evasion
disregard for the facts
falseness
inaccuracy
backbiting
subterfuge
deviation from the truth
fibbery
cover-up
fraud
feigning
fakery
scandal
rigmarole
chestnut
defamation
clothesline
spiel
false report
claptrap
opus
artifact
US
jive
work
artefact
UK
smoke
delusion
misconception
misbelief
fallacy
illusion
fancy
imagination
superstition
hallucination
error
false notion
mistaken belief
apologue
creation
folk ballad
fictitious story
duplicity
hoax
artifice
coloring
US
trick
deceitfulness
hypocrisy
con
colouring
UK
lying
sophistry
dissembling
spuriousness
stall
speciousness
fudging
deceptiveness
treachery
manoeuvre
UK
fibbing
machination
scheme
slant
cover
inveracity
fallaciousness
maneuver
US
chicanery
shamming
feint
dodge
flimflam
lies
casuistry
stonewall
shift
run-around
guise
device
adulteration
front
quibbling
mendaciousness
stretch
twist
insincerity
perversion
hollowness
imposture
double-dealing
perfidy
false colours
lack of veracity
false excuse
spin
fictitiousness
mutilation
twisting
swindle
bunk
disingenuousness
bluff
unveracity
set-up
scam
unreality
charade
amphibology
sting
game
sophism
facade
amphiboly
shuffling
rort
lurk
bunco
gyp
wheeze
grift
fetch
waffle
cunning
codology
confidence trick
manipulation
improvisation
façade
false light
truthlessness
false colors
humbug
rig
con trick
schlenter
flanker
gimmick
doctoring
alteration
tampering
not a true picture
put-on
double meaning
snow job
put-up job
double entendre
quibbling routine
false front
cop out
double talk
disguise
semblance
mask
two-timing
persuasion
one for the birds
unreliability
prepared speech
doublespeak
act
simulation
indirectness
circumlocution
tactic
waffling
flannel
paltering
erroneousness
inexactness
ploy
expedient
calumny
phoniness
bias
cheating
overstatement
embellishment
pussyfooting around
beating about the bush
weasel words
slanting
burlesque
faking
spoof
counterfeit
sell
imitation
scheming
craft
move
incorrectness
uncandidness
misreporting
obfuscation
misreport
play-acting
gambit
sleight
juggle
shenanigan
knack
craftiness
play
jig
skew
prejudice
garbling
travesty
equivocality
caricature
debasement
artfulness
slyness
oversubtleness
show
exaggerated story
incredible story
masquerade
sleight of hand
racket
savvy
change
tinkering
false rumour
false information
fiddling
changing
stretching
subtlety
casuistics
ambiguity
bending of the truth
false trail
BS
misinterpretation
imbalance
baloney
snow
jiving
fibs
bum steer
misleading information
production
doubtfulness
legalism
rationalization
US
rationalisation
UK
justification
novel
romance
nonsense
legend
chimera
US
false show
song
equivoque
euphemism
hedging
hedge
creativity
storytelling
narration
mere show
unsound reasoning
twisting the facts
specious reasoning
overgeneral reasoning
narrative
literature
anecdote
book
hooey
potboiler
unrealism
nonfiction
drama
cliff-hanger
avoidance
dodging
vision
tergiversation
creative writing
elusion
best seller
short story
short stories
apparition
fantasm
phantasm
mirage
conceit
nonentity
dream
daydream
shunning
work of fiction
work of imagination
works of fiction
made up story
weasel word
imagining
escape
eluding
shirking
ducking
circumvention
bubble
castle in the air
pipe dream
nightmare
chimaera
UK
cop-out
shaking
eschewing
bypassing
eschewal
out
sidestepping
cheat
go-by
obliqueness
bilking
fancy footwork
ditch
finding a way round
slip
stonewalling
getting out of
routine
quibble
equivocating
fugivity
fugiviteness
evading
skirting
snare
decoy
blind
leg-pull
hokum
fastie
Trojan horse
bilk
mare's-nest
ride
chicane
malarkey
hustle
wrinkle
catch
trap
whitewash
shuck
fast shuffle
confidence game
fast one
con game
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of evading something
evasion
avoidance
dodging
elusion
shunning
circumvention
ducking
eluding
escape
shirking
cop-out
cunning
deception
fudging
pretext
shuffling
artifice
bypassing
equivocation
eschewal
eschewing
out
prevarication
ruse
shaking
sidestepping
subterfuge
trickery
bilking
evasiveness
go-by
obliqueness
sophism
sophistry
ditch
dodge
equivocating
evading
fugiviteness
fugivity
jive
lie
quibble
routine
run-around
shift
skirting
slip
stall
stonewall
stonewalling
trick
getting out of
fancy footwork
finding a way round
refraining
bypass
escaping
escapism
abstention
refrainment
holding off
circumventing
nonparticipation
retreat
flight
keeping away
steering clear
body swerve
steering clear of
hack
loophole
come-off
difficulty
delay
detour
diversion
postponement
inertia
roundabout
sidestep
workaround
more ❯
Noun
▲
Usefulness or benefit
use
benefit
value
good
utility
advantage
gain
usefulness
edge
effectiveness
efficacy
functionality
helpfulness
productiveness
worth
betterment
gratification
quality
aid
assistance
help
improvement
perks
profit
service
appropriateness
boon
mileage
significancy
vantage
virtue
caliber
US
calibre
UK
estimation
significance
substance
goodness
grade
stature
importance
account
applicability
call
fitness
grounds
justification
serviceability
serviceableness
asset
convenience
favor
US
favour
UK
start
avail
practicality
efficiency
merit
purpose
effect
potency
strength
efficacity
efficaciousness
fruitfulness
point
practicability
effectualness
constructiveness
possibility
power
viability
potence
workability
influence
success
upside
feasibility
performance
adequacy
consequence
reward
relevance
capability
successfulness
effectuality
expediency
strong point
impact
sense
validity
capacity
advantageousness
interest
note
ability
plus
weight
capableness
function
handiness
niftiness
achievability
profitability
workableness
attainability
desirability
competence
bearing
perk
sensibleness
reasonableness
import
meaning
sufficiency
magnitude
behoof
percentage
excellence
superiority
productivity
mark
bonus
effectivity
gift
moment
good point
added extra
resource
usage
process
neatness
boot
operability
advantages
benefits
aim
component
profitableness
versatility
usability
wearing
employment
forcefulness
force
affordance
advancement
validness
clout
worthiness
wear
attraction
appeal
distinction
allure
meritoriousness
concern
blessing
satisfaction
greatness
class
meaningfulness
eminence
attractiveness
credit
object
welfare
ease
valuation
endowment
talent
user-friendliness
level-headedness
gumption
soberness
soundness
weightiness
gravity
seriousness
perfection
prominence
momentousness
implication
pull
lure
draw
bang for the buck
gratuity
privilege
signification
horse sense
enjoyment
comfort
plus point
fringe benefit
premium
godsend
suitability
pith
excellent
beauty
selling point
feature
inspiration
windfall
additional benefit
amenity
indulgence
good thing
prize
well-being
egg in one's beer
cream
perquisite
gravy
expedience
likelihood
likeliness
feasibleness
probability
conceivability
chance
doability
aptness
advisability
noteworthiness
ease of use
ingeniousness
paramountcy
preponderancy
preponderance
priority
notability
materiality
matter
urgency
functionalism
accessibility
availability
employability
preferableness
judiciousness
prudence
easability
sensibility
rightness
approachability
advisableness
cleverness
stress
precedence
emphasis
consideration
desirableness
wisdom
grace
attribute
forte
salience
esteem
severity
exigency
enormity
upshot
standing
excellency
elegance
precision
long suit
redeeming feature
strong suit
cardinal virtue
good quality
effortlessness
simplicity
compactness
nattiness
leg-up
leeway
leverage
graveness
preference
support
foredeal
break
return
luck
pre-eminence
acceptability
satisfactoriness
ace in the hole
ace up your sleeve
fairness
suitableness
ampleness
pertinence
appropriacy
passableness
tolerability
appositeness
commensurateness
requisiteness
plenty
tolerableness
abundance
enough
action capability
more ❯
Verb
▲
To forgive (someone) for a fault or offense
condone
forgive
pardon
acquit
exonerate
absolve
exculpate
reprieve
extenuate
remit
unguilt
shrive
make allowances for
let off
give absolution
grant amnesty
make excuses for
apologize for
pass over
take rap for
let off the hook
amnesty
let go
forgive and forget
look the other way
make allowance for
let someone off with
let something ride
liberate
grant an amnesty to
let it go by
accept
clear
discount
justify
whitewash
free
release
overlook
deal leniently with
have mercy on
be merciful to
respite
spare
alleviate
relieve
allay
palliate
postpone
abate
mitigate
remit someone's punishment
grant a stay of execution
let off this time
commute someone's punishment
grant a stay of execution to
cancel someone's punishment
grant a stay
postpone someone's punishment
stay
let up on
bear no malice towards
not hold something against
accept apology
stop feeling malice towards
feel no malice towards
harbour no grudge against
bury the hatchet
go easy on
feel no resentment towards
bury the hatchet with
stop feeling resentful towards
turn a blind eye to
turn a deaf ear to
think no more of
let it go
let off easy
let bygones be bygones
kiss and make up
bear no malice
wipe slate clean
turn other cheek
more ❯
“I shall suggest that we can
excuse
this fellow for a one-time, and out-of-character, transgression.”
Verb
▲
To disregard as unimportant or insignificant
overlook
ignore
disregard
discount
palliate
indulge
overpass
deodorise
UK
deodorize
US
brush aside
brush off
gloss over
gloze over
shrug off
wink at
blink at
paper over
let go
let pass
turn a blind eye to
turn a deaf ear to
plead ignorance
forgive
pass over
condone
pardon
remit
whitewash
make light of
pay no attention to
take no notice of
forget
let something ride
neglect
pay no heed to
bypass
omit
dismiss
minimize
US
minimise
UK
slur over
shut eyes to
close your eyes to
take no account of
pay no mind
tune out
live with
look the other way
enable
tolerate
pooh-pooh
reject
slight
treat lightly
shake off
sweep under the carpet
varnish over
sweep under the rug
downplay
soft-pedal
skip
unheed
blank
contemn
deal rapidly with
de-emphasize
treat as unimportant
unmind
connive
miss
leave out
skip over
let off easy
send to Coventry
leave out of account
brush away
leave be
turn a deaf ear
turn a blind eye
laugh off
write off
cold-shoulder
set aside
spare
sink
bury
stomach
take
put up with
grin and bear it
not take into consideration
look past
be oblivious to
make allowances for
let bygones be bygones
stand for
connive at
turn blind eye to
roll with punches
let someone off with
deliberately ignore
bear with
swim with the tide
go along with
let something slide
wipe slate clean
play past
spurn
drop
belittle
play down
dispense with
discard
snub
abandon
exclude
disparage
waive
turn your back on
repudiate
pay no attention
depreciate
put out of your mind
undervalue
underrate
pass by
leave well enough alone
cast aside
put aside
leave alone
cut out
forgo
fail
diminish
scorn
give something a miss
put behind you
underestimate
flout
cut
trivialize
US
overleap
pretermit
avoid
never mind
elide
let be
wave aside
leave in peace
let alone
think no more of
trivialise
UK
miss out
sweep aside
blot out
fail to notice
stop thinking about
consign to oblivion
leave somebody to himself or herself
lose sight of
erase from your mind
get off someone's back
blank over
shut out
leave off
devalue
disdain
deride
dispel
rebuff
vilipend
desert
deprecate
forsake
denigrate
shirk
discredit
misheed
evade
scoff at
deny
downgrade
wink
discharge
forget about
understate
cancel
treat with contempt
lay aside
push aside
leave something undone
put down
look through
be lax about
not attend to
suppress
fail to look after
take no notice
pay no mind to
turn back on
be remiss about
pay little attention to
not take into account
be indifferent
be derelict
be careless
be remiss
have done with
do without
block out
pass up
cease to remember
leave somebody to his/her own devices
blank out
refuse to acknowledge
put in the past
dismiss from mind
take out
not worry about
banish from one's thoughts
not give another thought to
erase from memory
pretend not to notice
hold cheap
cease to think of
pay no heed
take lightly
have no use for
sneeze at
leave
not choose
pass
disvalue
disbelieve
dissimulate
undersell
doubt
delete
erase
leave to yourself
take no heed of
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
disqualify
give no credence to
not dwell on
avoid considering
override
take with a pinch of salt
except
trample on
give absolution
grant amnesty
let off
bury the hatchet
suspend charges
grant a pardon to
leave behind
let it go
turn blind eye
turn deaf ear
ride roughshod over
close your eyes
be oblivious
preclude
go away
get off someone's case
defer
put to one side
eschew
postpone
procrastinate
scant
bar
banish
bury one's head in sand
close one's mind to
eliminate
disclaim
disown
withhold
prohibit
shelve
demean
skimp on
cross out
rule out
throw out
shut the door on
relinquish
renounce
think little of
not care for
procrastinate over
scout
despise
relegate
overshoot
shut one's eyes to
close one's eyes to
not care
not bother
count out
fail to include
fail to mention
factor out
tell someone to get lost
fail to care for
keep your distance
trifle with
be irresponsible
be negligent
fail to provide for
not trouble oneself
have nothing to do with
throw to the winds
be remiss in
keep at arm's length
fail to observe
let slip
fail to see
fail to spot
reckon without
degrade
demote
give up
steer clear of
skim over
ridicule
mock
sneer at
criticize
US
defame
wipe
make little of
undermine
slam-dunk
do away with
abolish
smear
malign
trash
slur
vilify
give someone the brush-off
look right through someone
give the cold shoulder to
kiss off
put away
fail to anticipate
fail to take account of
sniff at
dump on
criticise
UK
dispraise
take down a peg
marginalise
UK
cry down
marginalize
US
detract from
laugh away
abstain from
dispose of
put a stop to
render needless
express contempt
repress
underappreciate
put an end to
hold in contempt
get rid of
take something for granted
knock something on the head
turn up one's nose at
minify
repress one's memory of
misprize
reduce
lessen
hold up to scorn
underemphasize
cock a snook at
have no time for
not remember
fail to remember
misjudge
underween
lose track of
set no store by
take for granted
look down on
not do justice to
sell short
set little store by
rate too low
think too little of
do an injustice to
more ❯
“But what is harder to
excuse
than the folly of youth is the sight of the game's senior figures acting like petulant, paranoid brats.”
Verb
▲
To provide an acceptable explanation for
defend
justify
rationalise
UK
rationalize
US
vindicate
explain
mitigate
warrant
pretext
sanction
whitewash
alibi
appease
clear
cover
explain away
make a case for
provide a justification for
provide an explanation for
substantiate
support
authenticate
corroborate
verify
ratify
establish
confirm
prove
bear out
demonstrate
evidence
certify
back
uphold
attest
validate
argue
extenuate
maintain
advocate
assert
endorse
shield
guard
rehabilitate
disprove
second
claim
protect
contend
disculpate
confute
refute
give credence to
bear witness to
lend weight to
do justice to
plead for
offer grounds for
more ❯
“Lou's written statement was thus dismissed as a hypocritical attempt to
excuse
his actions.”
Verb
▲
To put up with
accept
allow
approve
tolerate
bear
brook
endorse
permit
endure
okay
warrant
go along with
live with
nod at
stand for
give green light
put up with
condone
understand
indulge
sanction
pardon
forgive
allow for
laugh off
bear with
make allowances for
make allowance
accept apology for
“To
excuse
such abhorrent behavior because he can sing and dance is an indication of how society has misplaced its priorities.”
Verb
▲
To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense
exempt
relieve
free
liberate
release
spare
absolve
dispense
discharge
let off
exonerate
pardon
acquit
clear
exculpate
forgive
let go
vindicate
deliver
dismiss
let off the hook
except
reprieve
go easy on
remit
amnesty
whitewash
disculpate
declare innocent
find innocent
set free
show mercy to
have mercy on
find not guilty
exclude
condone
justify
grandfather
privilege from
make an exception for
disburden
sanitize
US
sanitise
UK
write off
make an exception of
be lenient to
deal leniently with
be merciful to
emancipate
disembarrass
pronounce not guilty
wink at
blink at
wipe slate clean
make exempt
explain
rationalize
US
assoil
untangle
let off hook
rationalise
UK
give immunity to
grant immunity to
wipe off
grant someone a dispensation
grant someone an exemption
exclude from
overlook
give dispensation to
give amnesty to
loose
give indulgence to
grant immunity
shrive
grant an amnesty to
be lenient on
lifeboat
bleach
spring
launder
relieve of
give immunity
drop charges against
let off easy
wipe it off
let up on
pass by
wipe the slate clean
pity
forbear
wipe the slate
pull out of the fire
be merciful
have pity on
cut someone some slack
leave uninjured
leave unpunished
bail out
give quarter to
not harm
be lenient
get off the hook
get out of hock
grant a pardon to
refrain from hurting
leave unhurt
grant pardon to
give a break
leave unharmed
disencumber
unburden
rid
resign
divest
pull
yank
deliver from
disburden of
free of
extricate from
get rid of
save from
absolve from
rescue from
exempt from
disembarrass of
disencumber of
free from
excuse from
liberate from
release from
remove blame
unburden of
boot out
set free from
discharge from
immune
protect
safeguard
privilege
manumit
uncage
unchain
unbind
unfetter
disenthrall
disenthral
enfranchise
disimprison
enlarge
unshackle
let out
allow to go
allow to leave
let loose
send away
turn loose
set loose
more ❯
“When she begged him to
excuse
her from serving in the movement, he staunchly refused her request.”
Verb
▲
To provide or serve as a satisfactory explanation for
account for
explain
justify
defend
rationalise
UK
rationalize
US
vindicate
extenuate
resolve
elucidate
illuminate
clarify
explain away
clear up
make acceptable
make excuses for
answer for
give an explanation
give reasons for
show grounds for
provide a rationale for
come up with an explanation
give an explanation for
give a reason for
palliate
whitewash
deodorize
US
gloze over
deodorise
UK
gloss over
attribute
support
warrant
exonerate
exculpate
make allowances for
give an apologia for
make a case for
gloze
condone
reconcile
make allowance
reason out
provide a cop out for
give alibi
give good reason for
speak on behalf of
cover for
say in defense
give the rationale behind
argue for
prove a case
plead for
apologize for
speak for
speak in support of
mitigate
legitimize
US
legitimise
UK
corroborate
make allowances
come up with an explanation for
give an excuse for
shed light on
vindicate oneself
exculpate oneself
acquit oneself
clear the air about
give a justification for
give a rationale for
exonerate oneself
absolve yourself
give an alibi for
throw light on
throw light upon
answer to
uphold
sustain
advocate
substantiate
establish
maintain
show to be reasonable
give grounds for
protest
back
swear by
insist on
fight for
stand by
swear to
verify
confirm
approve
validate
bear out
legitimatize
US
legalize
US
legalise
UK
legitimatise
UK
assert
clear
be answerable for
show cause
stand up for
make good on
show just cause for
do justice to
prove to be reasonable
speak in favor of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To merit or be a justification for
warrant
justify
merit
sanction
permit
demand
deserve
vindicate
approve
condone
earn
endorse
entitle
require
uphold
validate
legitimise
UK
legitimize
US
rate
support
entail
necessitate
call for
account for
approve of
be a justification for
be a reason for
consent to
explain away
be worth
qualify for
be a defence of
be deserving of
be entitled to
be worthy of
offer grounds for
give ground for
pardon
absolve
licence
US
exonerate
exculpate
license
UK
whitewash
exempt
authorize
US
qualify
acquit
rationalize
US
be grounds for
rationalise
UK
authorise
UK
be good reason for
entitle one to
legitimatize
US
legitimatise
UK
give the stamp of approval to
back
legalize
US
ratify
decriminalize
US
legislate
legitimate
underwrite
regulate
enact
ordain
constitute
decree
confirm
normalize
US
sustain
allow
accredit
legalise
UK
decriminalise
UK
normalise
UK
pronounce lawful
sanctify
clean up
give the green light to
declare legal
more ❯
Verb
▲
To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner
cop out
bypass
escape
sidestep
avoid
dodge
duck
evade
shirk
shrink from
skip
skirt round
skive
abandon
backpedal
bilk
cut
decline
desert
duck-shove
funk
quit
rationalise
UK
rationalize
US
renege
renounce
revoke
run away from
skive off
steer clear of
welsh
withdraw
back down
back off
back out
back out of
duck out of
get out
get out of
have alibi
pull out of
slide out of
use pretext
weasel out
wriggle out of
give the slip
pass on
relay
pass the buck
elude
shake
scape
finesse
weasel out of
get around
shuffle out of
shake off
shun
cop out of
escape from
lose
skirt
circumvent
flee
eschew
body-swerve
give the slip to
neglect
shy from
ditch
shuck
outrun
stay shy of
slip through the net of
run from
stay away from
fend off
fly
give the runaround
break away from
turn back on
get away from
pay no attention to
give a wide berth
shy
leave behind
slip away from
slip
find a way out of
find a way round
give a wide berth to
frustrate
double
get away
be beyond
throw off the scent
slip through the net
run around
foil
outwit
thwart
slip through your fingers
miss
shuffle off
forget
not attend
let something slide
scrimshank
take fright
baulk at
chicken out of
turn tail
recoil from
wuss out
flinch from
slough off
leave something undone
dog
lose sight of
play truant from
cheat
bob off
bludge
be lax about
creep
not attend to
pay little attention to
skimp on
be remiss about
lie down on job
parry
fence
balk
US
baffle
lead on a merry chase
sneak away
baulk
UK
escape the clutches of
end-run
slip out
keep your distance
brush off
discount
dance around
disregard
ignore
overlook
pussyfoot around
tergiversate
dispense with
keep one's distance from
be oblivious to
turn your back on
lay low from
pay no mind
unmind
unheed
turn a blind eye to
tune out
shirk from
keep off
take no notice of
pay no heed to
go around
more ❯
Verb
▲
Make amends for
expiate
redeem
atone for
mend
offset
redress
square
absolve
amend
appease
atone
compensate
correct
forgive
purge
recompense
rectify
remedy
make amends for
make good
pay for
do penance
do penance for
make amends
make good for
make up for
put right
square things
make recompense for
make redress for
make reparation for
make restitution for
pay dues
cleanse
pardon
exculpate
purify
shrive
lustrate
sanctify
unburden
free from
compensate for
requite
counterpoise
counterbalance
countervail
neutralize
US
balance
nullify
cancel out
repay
make reparation
balance out
make restitution
outweigh
neutralise
UK
redeem oneself
counteract
equalize
US
indemnify
negative
annul
propitiate
cancel
equilibrize
negate
repair
even out
counterweigh
make recompense
equalise
UK
make reparations
set off
make up
undo
right
recompense for
restore
equiponderate
tip the scales
counterweight
pay
reimburse
answer
repent
remunerate
reconcile
pay the price for
pay back
redress the balance
comp
satisfy
put to rights
fix
overcompensate
apologise
UK
apologize
US
pay money to
make reparation to
make restitution to
make redress
pay the price
pay the penalty
absolve yourself
say sorry
take one's medicine
make it up to
take the rap
answer for
suffer the consequences of
suffer for
be punished for
even up
obviate
be equivalent
charge
allow for
equal
equipoise
counterpose
account
more ❯
Verb
▲
To dismiss from duty or employment
discharge
remove
dismiss
cashier
fire
sack
eject
expel
oust
axe
UK
ax
US
bounce
can
discard
release
retire
terminate
supplant
bump
bust
displace
nix
replace
supersede
freeze out
lay off
boot out
let go
declare redundant
kick out
make redundant
pink-slip
throw out
turf out
deprive of office
give notice
send packing
show the door
get rid of
give someone their marching orders
muster out
relieve of duty
run out of town
turn off
give someone the boot
give someone the push
give someone the sack
lock out
give someone the bullet
give someone their cards
give the heave-ho
ride out on rail
unseat
depose
dethrone
defenestrate
give the old heave-ho
give someone their notice
boot
topple
drum out
out
defrock
give the elbow
overthrow
remove from office
uncrown
unthrone
unmake
evict
drop
dislodge
give notice to
bring down
deprive
overturn
drive out
give someone the big E
give the sack to
give walking papers
turn out
discrown
banish
impeach
exclude
cast out
usurp
shelve
disemploy
suspend
unfrock
turf
disbar
pink slip
force out
give the bum's rush
throw out on your ear
chuck out
pay off
let out
shut out
give the chop
give someone the pink slip
cut
push out
eliminate
remove from power
disqualify
bin off
pension
deselect
disfrock
recall
furlough
depone
degrade
relegate
ship
rout
break
deport
give someone the air
chase
unhorse
shed
extrude
see the back of
hand walking papers
give someone his
wash out
turn away
give warning
give marching orders
give a pink slip
give the ax
give the gate
run off
send away
throw
heave
vote someone out
demote
move on
dehire
unhire
downgrade
court martial
defeat
triumph
overwhelm
eighty-six
debar
ditch
dump
chase out
chuck
upset
subvert
purge
give the boot to
give the bullet to
put away
strip of rank
move
give one's cards
give pink slip
give someone his or her walking papers
give the push to
transfer
give heave-ho
give their cards
give the axe
retire early
terminate employment
reposition
abolish
give bum's rush
shift
evacuate
pull
relocate
expunge
detach
thrust out
remove by force
budge
abstract
dislocate
throw someone out on their ear
give someone their P45
show the gate to
pension off
force to retire
take down
put out to grass
sever connections
force to give up work
put out to pasture
exile
unsettle
disthrone
disenthrone
expatriate
excommunicate
ostracize
US
bar
repatriate
extradite
transport
ban
outlaw
reject
proscribe
isolate
rusticate
ostracise
UK
set aside
extradict
expulse
drive off
sequester
do away with
shake off
drive away
chase away
kiss off
disband
disperse
demobilize
US
liberate
dispatch
rid
bundle
clear
demobilise
UK
show out
allow to go
send home
send off
dispense with
dispose of
cast off
slough off
do without
push aside
transpose
disturb
succeed
transplant
come after
uproot
step into the shoes of
rearrange
shuffle
position
change
crowd out
push
extricate
disentangle
misplace
free
dispel
override
dig out
get out
disestablish
outplace
knock out of place
knock out of position
change the position of
cut out
take over from
take the place of
take out
take over
unloose
squeeze out
get going
set going
carry over
reshuffle
reorganize
US
redistribute
alter
put out of place
adjust
redeploy
reorder
separate
rummage
perturb
disunite
divide
unhinge
disarticulate
interrupt
move out of place
bring about the downfall of
redispose
rejig
readjust
substitute
displant
reorganise
UK
follow
lift
overrule
surpass
supervene
postdate
put somewhere else
empty
depopulate
unpeople
accede
clean
substitute for
fill the void
loosen
erase
wrench out
follow after
remove from
clear from
assume the office of
go next
fill someone's boots
be subsequent to
step into someone's boots
come next
take away
move out
knock over
get off
knock loose
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make (something bad) less severe or serious
mitigate
ease
soothe
allay
moderate
quiet
soften
assuage
blunt
diminish
dull
mollify
temper
weaken
appease
calm
check
lessen
lighten
palliate
placate
remit
abate
extenuate
pacify
attenuate
subdue
alleviate
cushion
damp
deaden
relieve
dilute
help
quell
quieten
still
lull
modify
reduce
sweeten
commute
cool
tranquillize
UK
tranquilize
US
reduce the force of
tone down
take the edge off
decrease
relax
lower
dampen
restrain
curb
stifle
settle
compose
minimize
US
ebb
suppress
dwindle
de-escalate
taper
control
slacken
minimise
UK
curtail
wane
subside
lenify
qualify
ease off
ameliorate
repress
shrink
salve
taper off
soft-pedal
cut
modulate
comfort
decline
gentle
drop off
limit
take the sting out
smother
wind down
recede
relent
slake
mellow
ease up
drop
let up
die down
contain
regulate
depress
muffle
contract
mute
restrict
phase down
fall
ratchet down
cut down
tame
take the bite out
damp down
pall
quench
tail off
smooth
cure
extinguish
calm down
fall away
cool off
drain away
becalm
die out
die away
lullaby
rachet down
downscale
heal
scale down
buffer
cut back
balm
peter out
slack
dial down
settle down
pour oil on
chill out
play down
constrain
dispel
overcome
adjust
deplete
degrade
decrement
console
erode
fade
hush
impair
satisfy
make less
downsize
sink
silence
slash
clip
slow
roll back
solace
conciliate
dulcify
propitiate
put a damper on
bring down
water down
put the lid on
slow down
sate
resolve
loosen
bridle
inhibit
banish
govern
depreciate
hold
measure
squelch
absorb
improve
discount
stop
rule
trim
narrow
keep
dissipate
stabilize
US
benumb
thin
pare
counteract
mend
minify
dent
make smaller
liberalize
US
liberalise
UK
stabilise
UK
defuse
ration
couch
keep in check
reassure
devaluate
remedy
take the sting out of
cool out
quiet down
make less intense
put damper on
take down
rein in
break
make cutbacks in
trim back
trim down
mark down
pull in
fix up
step down
get rid of
patch things up
whittle down
put an end to
quieten down
untrouble
unburden
let up on
make better
smooth over
pare down
stroke
square
disarm
drop away
make peace with
butter up
smooth down
pour cold water on
slack off
dampen down
throw cold water on
shorten
steady
address
put at rest
revise
treat
shave
disempower
wear away
abase
wear down
diffuse
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
prune
satiate
quash
numb
mask
downplay
restore
fix
truncate
abridge
subjugate
make weaker
trammel
intern
confine
anaesthetize
UK
cauterize
US
knock down
take it easy
rise above
take sting out
flag
round down
reduce the effect of
hold in
cauterise
UK
gratify
cut off
choke off
mince
cut down on
anesthetize
US
kill
sag
grow less
temperate
take the bite out of
rein
pipe down
make reasonable
rectify
gruntle
obtund
go easy
neutralize
US
make less painful
keep under control
hold back
dismiss
neutralise
UK
protect against
eliminate
destroy
content
keep down
meet halfway
loose
disintegrate
refresh
crumble
relaxed
ease up on
nurse
doctor
meliorate
sugarcoat
smooth out
clear the air
brighten
sap
defend against
shield against
drive away
chase away
put to rest
drive off
lessen the impact of
soften the impact of
reduce the impact of
fall off
get less
become less intense
slacken off
crush
punctuate
succor
US
succour
UK
vary
prettify
take the heat off
iron out
sort out
enfeeble
safeguard against
make less strict
make less formal
chasten
liss
interrupt
win over
cheer
prevent
aid
break up
assist
impose peace upon
put down
kiss and make up
grease
con
clear the air with
make peace
restore harmony to
bury the hatchet
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
lay back
pacificate
patch up
infrigidate
freeze
freshen
ally
frost
constrict
adulterate
deflate
rarefy
disable
cripple
undermine
vitiate
offset
debilitate
enervate
make light of
bring respite to
put to rights
bring an end to
play up to
make nice
make up
attend to
set right
assure
axe
UK
take load off
take a load off
make something bearable
support
dry up
ax
US
amortise
UK
downgrade
whittle
cast down
amortize
US
tighten
conquer
bring aid to
bring aid
run down
upraise
buck up
condole with
give solace to
lick
discipline
humble
cow
reclaim
bust
get the better of
get a grip on
decelerate
unlax
fade away
become weaker
cool it
slump
plummet
deteriorate
wither
go down
melt away
drain
fail
disappear
come to an end
plunge
degenerate
nosedive
droop
evaporate
vanish
go downhill
decay
fizzle out
grow smaller
dissolve
shrivel
trail off
die off
become smaller
dip
crash
run low
wear off
grow faint
cease
devalue
descend
take a nosedive
die
collapse
tumble
dive
trail
waste away
run out
become less
get lower
dim
get smaller
waste
bate
regress
close
narrow down
blur
cheapen
fall short
become weak
give out
trail away
go away
grow dim
become lower
fade out
rebate
write down
slim down
fizzle
slip
languish
wilt
terminate
melt
flop
lose edge
retrocede
lapse
tail away
finish
fall through
grow weaker
slope
downturn
halt
come to nothing
crater
come to a stop
level off
break down
retrench
fall back
flow back
turn down
cut back on
go through the floor
come to a halt
hit the floor
write off
peter
release
disperse
retrograde
gutter
disengage
atrophy
desist
lose strength
lose intensity
fall down
come down
put a lid on
abbreviate
blanket
give way
evanesce
give in
dock
end
run dry
go
go downwards
slack up
clear
faint
be on the way out
close out
be used up
retire
pass
compress
condense
draw to a close
lose its effect
lose its effectiveness
worsen
lower in price
devalorize
lower in value
die away or out
die away or down
drop down
blow over
relapse
minimalize
rein back
totter
skid
lose
make reductions in
retrench on
salami-slice
compact
drag
backslide
buckle
scale back
squeeze
falter
retrogress
bow out
constringe
capsule
capsulize
undervalue
demote
sink into oblivion
be forgotten
disappear slowly
pass away
scrimp
go into a tailspin
fold up
hit the dirt
tip over
be precipitated
take a header
lose value
decrease in value
cave in
decline in price
make fewer
take in
lose ground
squash
cause to fall
miscarry
sink lower
become softer
become quieter
founder
desensitize
US
thin out
phase out
thin down
get quieter
get softer
bomb
arrest
be deficient
dumb
censor
clam
go awry
hebetate
desensitise
UK
go amiss
be wanting
cut short
close up
clamp down on
crack down on
put a stop to
slap down
snuff out
be insufficient
retard
be ruined
strike out
delay
be lacking
detain
hinder
be inadequate
be found lacking
handicap
not come to ripeness
stunt
impede
hold up
stall
set back
obstruct
keep back
mire
hamper
lag
retardate
stay
loiter
postpone
procrastinate
embog
choke
reef
interfere with
back-water
hit the brakes
lose speed
put the brakes on
lose steam
let down flaps
get in the way of
bog down
keep waiting
anchor it
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