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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
A false display of feelings, attitudes, or intentions
Offcome
An ambiguity or inadequacy in the law or a set of rules
A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling
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 justify or make an excuse for an offense
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
Show or prove to be right, reasonable, or justified
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
pretense
US
pretence
UK
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
assertion
account
reasoning
exoneration
declaration
answer
support
claim
exculpation
evidence
statement
accounting
acquittal
premise
validation
advocacy
allegation
approval
logic
stall
contention
polemic
retort
apologetics
proof
thesis
expostulation
reasons
pleading
line of reasoning
appeasement
escape
action
suit
apologism
apologetic
out
right
substantiation
ratification
meaning
modification
qualification
moderation
reduction
dodge
sense
fish tale
motive
clearing
compurgation
revenge
endorsement
explication
proclamation
appeal
petition
exposition
presentation
postulation
confession
copout
expounding
excusing
explaining
response
promotion
an excuse
argumentation
way around
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
feint
con
foundation
airtight case
extenuating circumstances
whitewashing
wherefore
palliative
just cause
whatfor
red herring
supposed grounds
fig leaf
alleged reason
false excuse
raison d'être
whole idea
attestation
corroboration
verification
confirmation
documentation
witness
authentication
testament
testimonial
voucher
okay
stamp of approval
insistence
pronouncement
affirming
accepting
verifying
agreement
validating
proving
corroborating
visa
authorizing
US
passage
admission
consent
sanctioning
nod
authorising
UK
assent
supporting
accord
authenticating
passing
asseveration
protestation
go ahead
green light
submission
maintenance
announcement
averment
opinion
avouchment
swearing
predication
stressing
asservation
report
mouthful
positive statement
say so
two cents' worth
embodiment
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
argument
account
premise
rationalization
US
wherefore
rationalisation
UK
why
case
authority
factor
subject
vindication
accounting
reasoning
why and wherefore
defence
UK
defense
US
impetus
consideration
point
exposition
logic
underpinning
theory
principle
story
thinking
inspiration
philosophy
sense
whys and wherefores
thesis
footing
validation
evidence
whyfor
logical basis
raison d'être
claim
extenuation
mitigation
pretension
pretence
UK
pretense
US
mitigating circumstances
sake
groundwork
argumentation
connection
bedrock
base
syllogism
ratiocination
school of thought
good sense
rationality
presumption
reasons
hypothesis
whatfor
song and dance
sour grapes
the big idea
the whole idea
goal
intention
aim
objective
apology
apologia
design
end
target
object
spur
stimulant
encouragement
driver
instigation
source
genesis
origin
causal agent
driving force
chief ingredient
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
motivating force
intent
goad
root
mainspring
incitation
model
example
muse
push
impulsion
lift
revelation
inspo
fountain
fount
beginning
generator
creativeness
eureka
awakening
arousal
carrot and stick
stimulator
guiding light
pressure
chief reason
chief motive
impelling cause
prime mover
motive force
emotion
passion
feeling
ambition
interest
focus
hope
concern
desire
determination
resolve
wish
ideal
dream
aspiration
preoccupation
the why and wherefore
resolution
mission
care
vision
plan
agenda
end game
holy grail
hidden motive
hidden agenda
Holy Grail
object of desire
special interest
vested interest
score to settle
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
squib
pasticcio
pantomime
misrepresentation
aping
roast
mocking
mock
simulation
mime
imitating
perversion
corruption
mimicking
apery
act
personation
lampoonery
pappyshow
apology for
play
derision
jest
distorted drawing
sketch
comedy
vaudeville
exaggerated drawing
copy
debasement
mickey-take
pasquil
takedown
invective
wisecrack
quip
prank
falsification
libel
drawing
bon mot
false impression
revue
cabaret
strip
burly
spectacular
extravaganza
picture
representation
copying
comic strip
peep show
variety show
floor show
strip cartoon
funny drawing
political cartoon
exaggeration
fake
slapstick
excuse for
facade
show
front
playacting
guise
semblance
airs
façade
disguise
pose
humor
US
buffoonery
mimesis
posture
mimetism
camouflage
pretension
pretentiousness
simulacrum
make-believe
trick
pageant
irony
insult
play-on
mock-heroic
raillery
mimic
mummer
pantomimist
mummery
high camp
low camp
humour
UK
interlude
horseplay
broad comedy
camp
pratfall comedy
slapstick comedy
campy art
gesture
pale imitation
false display
dumb show
more ❯
Noun
▲
A false display of feelings, attitudes, or intentions
pretense
US
pretence
UK
show
affectation
appearance
guise
semblance
cloak
cover
display
mask
masquerade
veil
claim
color
US
colour
UK
facade
façade
front
image
impression
pretext
veneer
artifice
camouflage
false show
pose
posing
posture
posturing
smokescreen
charade
false appearance
false front
garb
hokum
outward appearance
parody
pretentiousness
ruse
snivel
travesty
wile
put-on
trick
act
deception
disguise
hoax
blind
con
airs
evasion
stunt
playacting
sham
subterfuge
face
screen
illusion
light
role
air
demeanor
US
demeanour
UK
false display
ploy
dodge
put-up job
stratagem
manoeuvre
UK
false colours
machination
shift
scheme
expedient
tactic
intrigue
fraud
bluff
sleight
game
racket
scam
caper
duplicity
deviousness
lurk
wheeze
plan
device
maneuver
US
cheat
refuge
simulation
falsehood
fabrication
stall
shuffling
acting
faking
routine
trickery
misrepresentation
double-dealing
deceit
ostentation
insincerity
falsification
make-believe
feigning
fakery
gag
imitation
dissimulation
misstatement
schtick
invention
false pretense
dumb act
pretension
cover-up
fake
look
window dressing
smoke screen
gloss
shroud
exterior
play-acting
shamming
impersonation
aspect
fig leaf
disguisement
counterfeit
covering
curtain
countenance
window-dressing
beard
mien
character
public image
visage
part
false colors
red herring
costume
smoke and mirrors
concealment
portrayal
performance
masking
feint
humbug
pageant
layer
attitude
manner
bearing
affectedness
identity
carriage
artificiality
pretending
persona
expression
mug
profile
shield
dissemblance
shade
coloring
US
mantle
phoney
UK
phony
US
colouring
UK
snobbery
pretensions
inflation
grandiosity
superciliousness
simulacrum
person
exaggeration
side
suggestion
blanket
coverture
penumbra
pall
hood
cope
dress
effect
snootiness
uppishness
a put-on
public face
assumed role
a put-up job
wraps
airs and graces
going Hollywood
showing off
assumed manners
unnatural imitation
putting on airs
lie
bluffing
hoaxing
outward display
farce
pantomime
false excuse
cast
frontage
leaf
coverup
likeness
mockery
name
personality
figure
assumption
showing
robe
dissembling
mimicry
contortion
profession
self
disguising
closeting
outward show
shawl
wrap
outfit
smoke-screen
personage
imposture
mummery
avatar
depiction
personation
revel
get-up
public perception
public conception
mannerism
stance
arrogance
attitudinizing
positure
stand
pan
puss
public impression
chaser
hamming
dissimilation
sweet talk
soft soap
mere façade
shuck and jive
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
▲
Offcome
offcome
Noun
▲
An ambiguity or inadequacy in the law or a set of rules
loophole
ambiguity
let-out
avoidance
crack
defect
discrepancy
dodge
escape
escape clause
evasion
fault
flaw
inadequacy
inconsistency
omission
plea
pretense
US
pretence
UK
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
gap
opening
window
door
hack
bypass
weakness
circumvention
sidestep
egress
exit
hole
weak point
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
misapprehension
mistake
falsehood
deceit
inconsistency
miscalculation
misinterpretation
flaw
erroneousness
faultiness
invalidity
artifice
solecism
ambiguity
bias
erratum
elusion
aberration
preconception
perversion
misconstrual
quirk
notion
subterfuge
prejudice
paradox
cavil
illogicality
deviation
heresy
inexactness
non sequitur
falsity
falseness
trickery
bogusness
hollowness
phoniness
inaccuracy
illegitimacy
bastardy
bar sinister
misleading
fooling
duping
tricking
deluding
fraudulence
dishonesty
paralogy
use of fallacious arguments
misconception
illusion
myth
misbelief
misjudgement
hallucination
fantasy
misconstruction
mistaken impression
false notion
mistaken belief
misjudgment
faulty reasoning
unsound argument
misunderstanding
misreading
incorrectness
mix-up
wrong idea
false impression
fault
untruthfulness
fabrication
fiction
misconstruing
misimpression
incomprehension
misknowledge
wrongness
mistakenness
mendacity
duplicity
false belief
fictitiousness
confusion
deceitfulness
hypocrisy
fraud
disingenuousness
unveracity
confounding
misreckoning
erroneous belief
unorthodoxy
old wivesʼ tale
unsuitability
impropriety
unsoundness
imprecision
wrong belief
impreciseness
blunder
lying
perjury
truthlessness
inveracity
kidology
hole
false interpretation
wrong end of the stick
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
▲
Forgiveness of sins
remission
forgiveness
absolution
pardon
amnesty
indulgence
exoneration
release
discharge
exemption
remittal
reprieve
acquittal
exculpation
pardoning
mercy
clemency
condonation
leniency
grace
lenience
vindication
indemnification
conciliation
indemnity
allowance
freeing
anchor
commute
kindness
forbearance
dispensation
let-off
freedom
immunity
letting off
liberty
purgation
shriving
condoning
clearing
respite
oblivion
delivery
relief
shrift
general pardon
impunity
palliation
deliverance
liberation
extenuation
quittance
free pardon
compurgation
setting free
exception
relaxation
licence
exclusion
privilege
permission
license
a let-off
special consideration
let-up
suspension
alleviation
mitigation
continuance
abatement
abeyance
deferment
lifeboat
spring
truce
postponement
lifesaver
clearance
stay
suspension of punishment
cancellation of punishment
stay of execution
official pardon
postponement of punishment
more ❯
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
prevarication
tale
yarn
fable
myth
mendacity
taradiddle
tarradiddle
flight of fancy
exaggeration
barefaced lie
little white lie
red herring
sham
deception
departure from the truth
figment of the imagination
pretence
UK
pretense
US
rumour
UK
pretext
bulldust
rumor
US
concoction
stratagem
trickery
ruse
wile
misrepresentation
fantasy
figment
line
deceit
forgery
untruism
distortion
fish story
song and dance
fake
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
urban myth
urban legend
figment of one's imagination
lies
half truth
conspiracy theory
economy with the truth
guile
fraudulence
hyperbole
dishonesty
evasion
falseness
inaccuracy
backbiting
subterfuge
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
coloring
US
colouring
UK
sophistry
spuriousness
duplicity
speciousness
deceptiveness
hypocrisy
deceitfulness
slant
lying
cover
inveracity
fallaciousness
fudging
casuistry
stonewall
stall
run-around
adulteration
mendaciousness
chicanery
stretch
twist
insincerity
perversion
hollowness
double-dealing
perfidy
spin
fictitiousness
mutilation
twisting
bunk
disingenuousness
unveracity
unreality
fibbing
amphibology
sophism
amphiboly
shuffling
waffle
manipulation
improvisation
false light
truthlessness
con
doctoring
alteration
tampering
not a true picture
trick
double meaning
cop out
double entendre
double talk
quibbling routine
guise
patter
disguise
mask
semblance
front
pitch
dissembling
two-timing
one for the birds
false excuse
doublespeak
codology
talk
lead
unreliability
persuasion
indirectness
circumlocution
false colors
waffling
flannel
paltering
calumny
prepared speech
bias
overstatement
embellishment
pussyfooting around
weasel words
beating about the bush
misreporting
misreport
obfuscation
slanting
erroneousness
treachery
inexactness
skew
prejudice
garbling
travesty
cheating
incredible story
exaggerated story
incorrectness
uncandidness
change
tinkering
false rumour
false information
debasement
caricature
fibs
bending of the truth
false trail
legend
novel
romance
nonsense
BS
misinterpretation
imbalance
baloney
stretching
fiddling
changing
equivocality
creativity
storytelling
narration
bum steer
misleading information
production
oversubtleness
narrative
book
hooey
potboiler
unrealism
nonfiction
literature
anecdote
drama
cliff-hanger
chimera
US
creative writing
casuistics
quibbling
subtlety
ambiguity
short stories
best seller
short story
vision
work of fiction
figment of imagination
works of fiction
made up story
work of imagination
doubtfulness
legalism
rationalization
US
rationalisation
UK
justification
apparition
daydream
fantasm
phantasm
mirage
conceit
nonentity
dream
hedging
song
equivoque
hedge
euphemism
imagining
unsound reasoning
twisting the facts
specious reasoning
overgeneral reasoning
pipe dream
bubble
castle in the air
nightmare
chimaera
UK
tergiversation
avoidance
dodging
elusion
weasel word
shunning
escape
eluding
shirking
ducking
circumvention
cunning
cop-out
shaking
eschewal
artifice
out
eschewing
bypassing
sidestepping
go-by
obliqueness
bilking
shift
getting out of
routine
dodge
fancy footwork
ditch
finding a way round
quibble
equivocating
fugivity
fugiviteness
slip
evading
skirting
stonewalling
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
delay
escaping
abstention
escapism
refrainment
holding off
hedging
bypass
circumventing
come-off
difficulty
detour
diversion
postponement
inertia
roundabout
absention
recoil
nonparticipation
prevention
preventing
restraint
retreat
departure
self-restraint
forbearance
flight
recession
anticipation
parry
keeping away
steering clear
body swerve
passive resistance
steering clear of
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
merit
purpose
practicality
efficiency
effect
potency
strength
fruitfulness
point
success
efficacity
efficaciousness
effectualness
constructiveness
practicability
power
potence
influence
possibility
viability
upside
workability
performance
successfulness
feasibility
interest
adequacy
consequence
reward
relevance
capability
effectuality
strong point
impact
sense
validity
capacity
expediency
advantageousness
ability
note
plus
weight
capableness
function
handiness
welfare
niftiness
satisfaction
profitability
achievability
blessing
workableness
attainability
desirability
well-being
competence
bearing
perk
ease
sensibleness
reasonableness
import
prize
meaning
sufficiency
godsend
magnitude
windfall
behoof
percentage
enjoyment
comfort
excellence
superiority
productivity
soundness
mark
bonus
effectivity
gift
moment
good point
added extra
resource
usage
process
neatness
boot
advantages
benefits
aim
component
profitableness
versatility
usability
wearing
employment
forcefulness
force
operability
affordance
advancement
validness
clout
worthiness
likelihood
suitability
expedience
wear
prosperity
attraction
appeal
distinction
allure
meritoriousness
concern
greatness
class
meaningfulness
eminence
attractiveness
credit
likeliness
feasibleness
probability
conceivability
chance
doability
strengthening
benediction
nutritional
happiness
health
nutritious
fortune
object
valuation
endowment
talent
gratuity
privilege
weightiness
gravity
seriousness
perfection
plus point
fringe benefit
premium
behalf
good fortune
health-giving
treasure
commonwealth
nourishing
nugget
plum
prominence
momentousness
pull
lure
draw
additional benefit
amenity
indulgence
signification
user-friendliness
level-headedness
gumption
soberness
egg in one's beer
cream
perquisite
gravy
pith
excellent
beauty
selling point
feature
inspiration
implication
bang for the buck
good thing
sake
bliss
prosperousness
content
wellness
robustness
weal
contentedness
wholeness
healthiness
wholesomeness
horse sense
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 someone off
give absolution
grant amnesty
make excuses for
apologize for
pass over
take rap for
let off the hook
free
release
discharge
let off
liberate
exempt
let go
amnesty
clear
relieve
spare
vindicate
dismiss
whitewash
go easy on
have mercy on
deliver
forgive and forget
justify
grant an amnesty to
disculpate
declare innocent
deal leniently with
be merciful to
find innocent
set free
show mercy to
wipe slate clean
look the other way
make allowance for
let someone off with
let something ride
dispense
overlook
sanitize
US
sanitise
UK
be lenient to
emancipate
pronounce not guilty
wink at
blink at
let off easy
let up on
find not guilty
let it go by
except
accept
discount
abandon
drop
remove
privilege from
disburden
explain
rationalize
US
rationalise
UK
let off hook
assoil
disembarrass
untangle
wipe off
give dispensation to
give amnesty to
loose
give indulgence to
be lenient on
lifeboat
bleach
spring
launder
respite
write off
wipe it off
alleviate
wipe the slate clean
allay
palliate
abate
mitigate
postpone
pity
forbear
remit someone's punishment
let off this time
commute someone's punishment
grant a stay of execution to
cancel someone's punishment
stay
grant a stay of execution
grant a stay
postpone someone's punishment
pull out of the fire
be merciful
save from
have pity on
save from harm
save bacon
leave uninjured
leave unpunished
bail out
give quarter to
not harm
save neck
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
not hold something against
bear no malice towards
stop feeling malice towards
feel no malice towards
harbour no grudge against
feel no resentment towards
bury the hatchet with
accept someone's apology
bury the hatchet
stop feeling resentful towards
turn a blind eye to
turn a deaf ear to
let it go
let bygones be bygones
bear no malice
turn other cheek
think no more of
kiss and make up
save
be easy on
atone
purge
be reconciled
make up
resolve differences
make peace
fall upon each other's necks
end a quarrel
accept apology
make a peace offering
hold out the olive branch
smoke the peace pipe
forget
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
pay no attention to
take no notice of
whitewash
let ride
forget
close your eyes to
neglect
pay no heed to
omit
make light of
bypass
dismiss
slur over
take no account of
pay no mind
tune out
live with
look the other way
enable
tolerate
skip
leave undone
leave out
skip over
slight
pooh-pooh
minimise
UK
minimize
US
reject
treat lightly
shake off
unheed
blank
contemn
unmind
connive
miss
shut eyes to
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
let slide
turn blind eye to
roll with punches
let someone off with
deliberately ignore
bear with
swim with the tide
go along with
wipe slate clean
play past
shut your eyes to
let something ride
turn your back on
exclude
spurn
dispense with
drop
play down
abandon
pass by
discard
avoid
snub
repudiate
evade
waive
eliminate
belittle
fail
shirk
forgo
depreciate
close one's eyes to
flout
put aside
miss out
put behind you
put out of your mind
pass up
cut out
dispel
underestimate
throw out
give something a miss
underrate
scoff at
rebuff
undervalue
never mind
decline
overleap
pretermit
pass
shelve
cut
discharge
forsake
look through
desert
cast aside
wave aside
elide
not take into account
cancel
pay no attention
pay no heed
think no more of
lay aside
fail to notice
lose sight of
preclude
get rid of
prohibit
sidestep
dodge
devalue
downplay
escape
disparage
vilipend
duck
refuse to acknowledge
forget about
misheed
banish
refuse
downgrade
reduce
trivialize
US
despise
get out of
shy from
turn back on
treat with contempt
give up
push aside
trivialise
UK
disapprove
cop out of
deselect
nix
reprobate
take no notice
pay no mind to
be remiss
negative
cock a snook at
not remember
fail to remember
turn down
abstain from
do without
shut out
take no heed of
steer clear of
cross out
say no to
put out of one's mind
take out
turn one's back on
balk at
leave off
leave behind
close your eyes
be oblivious
take lightly
have no use for
blank over
make a joke of
erase from your mind
leave well enough alone
sneeze at
sweep something aside
disbelieve
cushion
laugh something off
leave
not choose
close the eyes to
wink
dissimulate
undersell
circumvent
blink
doubt
short-circuit
disqualify
withgo
obviate
prevent
disallow
lose track of
pretend not to notice
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
circumnavigate
hack
give no credence to
not dwell on
avoid considering
override
take with a pinch of salt
go over the head of
stop thinking about
except
consign to oblivion
not hear of
turn away
throw over
lower
trample on
give absolution
grant amnesty
let off
bury the hatchet
suspend charges
grant a pardon to
rule out
shut the door on
ride roughshod over
devaluate
depress
break
cheapen
mark down
attenuate
let it go
turn blind eye
turn deaf ear
remove
dissipate
quell
eradicate
put to one side
rule something out
bar
close one's mind to
relinquish
renounce
disperse
dislodge
write down
bury one's head in sand
withhold
scorn
skirt
work around
scatter
deride
overshoot
dance around
elude
wriggle out of
not bother
count out
fail to include
fail to mention
factor out
eschew
disdain
fail to observe
let slip
fail to see
fail to spot
reckon without
take a loss on
sweep aside
have no time for
oust
do away with
abolish
pussyfoot around
weasel out of
shake
tergiversate
get around
run away from
skirt round
eject
ridicule
mock
sneer at
evict
delete
expel
slur
erase
wipe
make little of
undermine
slam-dunk
give the slip to
duck-shove
keep one's distance from
fend off
go around
funk
lay low from
dispose of
put a stop to
render needless
fail to anticipate
fail to take account of
understate
de-emphasize
underemphasize
give the bum's rush
throw out on your ear
kick out
chuck out
turf out
boot out
send packing
sniff at
elope
run away
abscond
flee
give a miss
skim over
misjudge
lessen
diminish
misprize
defer
duck out of
shirk from
shuffle out of
finesse
scape
put an end to
knock something on the head
postpone
procrastinate
scant
minify
knock back
shun
put down
express contempt
disvalue
rate too low
run off
skimp on
be lax about
not attend to
turn up your nose at
set no store by
look down on
not do justice to
hold cheap
sell short
set little store by
think too little of
do an injustice to
think little of
not care for
fail to look after
procrastinate over
leave alone
deny
be remiss about
not care
pay little attention to
pass on
not heed
fail to care for
keep one's distance
trifle with
be irresponsible
be indifferent
be negligent
fail to provide for
not trouble oneself
have nothing to do with
be derelict
throw to the winds
be remiss in
keep at arm's length
be careless
scout
relegate
hold up to scorn
withhold from
desist from
give the thumbs down to
baulk at
not accept
refrain from
not take advantage of
kiss off
put away
have done with
laugh away
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
support
make excuses for
give an apologia for
palliate
exonerate
argue for
speak for
plead for
speak on behalf of
give the rationale behind
give reasons for
speak in support of
account for
resolve
legitimize
US
legitimise
UK
clear up
corroborate
attribute
extenuate
exonerate oneself
vindicate oneself
absolve oneself
exculpate oneself
throw light on
throw light upon
acquit oneself
clear the air about
give a rationale for
give an excuse for
shed light on
give an explanation for
give a reason for
give an alibi for
answer to
give a justification 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
clear
except
pardon
let go
reprieve
unburden
exclude
acquit
disburden
divest
disencumber
deliver
grandfather
rid
exculpate
disembarrass
privilege from
make an exception for
write off
make an exception of
let off the hook
give immunity to
grant immunity to
grant someone a dispensation
grant someone an exemption
exclude from
unbind
strip
unshackle
whitewash
unchain
untangle
unfetter
set free
unleash
resign
grant immunity
lighten
pull
relieve of
give immunity
wipe the slate clean
make exempt
dismiss
yank
deliver from
disburden of
remove blame
free of
extricate from
unburden of
get rid of
save from
absolve from
rescue from
boot out
set free from
discharge from
exempt from
disembarrass of
disencumber of
free from
excuse from
liberate from
release from
pass by
go easy on
wipe the slate
more ❯
“When she begged him to
excuse
her from serving in the movement, he staunchly refused her request.”
Verb
▲
To justify or make an excuse for an offense
extenuate
justify
defend
explain
vindicate
palliate
whitewash
deodorise
UK
deodorize
US
explain away
make excuses for
gloss over
gloze over
give an explanation for
make a case for
make allowances
make allowances for
come up with an explanation for
elucidate
rationalize
US
account for
rationalise
UK
make acceptable
provide a rationale for
illuminate
clear up
give an explanation
answer for
gloze
exculpate
condone
show grounds for
give reasons for
come up with an explanation
attribute
resolve
reason
reconcile
intellectualize
US
excise
intellectualise
UK
think
deliberate
make allowance
reason out
cop out
apply logic to
apply logic
give alibi
give good reason for
cop a plea
think through
veil
camouflage
mask
hide
disguise
conceal
soft-pedal
evade
cover up
downplay
minimize
US
understate
avoid
de-emphasize
brush aside
sugarcoat
white
smooth over
play down
whiten
brush something under the carpet
minimise
UK
make light of
veneer
falsify
gloss
deacon
varnish
doctor
belie
misrepresent
draw a veil over
shrug off
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
whitewash
exempt
authorize
US
qualify
acquit
rationalize
US
be grounds for
rationalise
UK
authorise
UK
license
UK
be good reason for
entitle one to
be qualified for
have coming
have a claim on
have a right to
be in line for
have a claim to
incur
win
get one's just desserts
get what is coming
have the right to
lay claim to
ask for
be good enough for
gain
get
procure
get what is coming to one
have it coming
be worthy
get one's comeuppance
have a right
have a claim
get one's due
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
skirt
lose
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
get away from
pay no attention to
shy
leave behind
give someone a wide berth
slip away from
slip
turn one's back on
find a way out of
find a way round
give a wide berth to
frustrate
double
get away
give somebody the slip
throw off the scent
be beyond someone
slip through the net
run around
foil
outwit
thwart
slip through someone's fingers
miss
shuffle off
forget
let slide
not attend
scrimshank
take fright
baulk at
chicken out of
turn tail
recoil from
wuss out
flinch from
leave undone
slough off
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 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
turn back on
unheed
turn a blind eye to
tune out
shirk from
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 one's dues
cleanse
pardon
exculpate
purify
shrive
lustrate
sanctify
unburden
free from
compensate for
requite
counterpoise
counterbalance
countervail
neutralize
US
balance
nullify
cancel out
balance out
outweigh
neutralise
UK
counteract
equalize
US
indemnify
negative
annul
propitiate
cancel
equilibrize
negate
repair
even out
counterweigh
make reparation
make recompense
make restitution
equalise
UK
set off
redeem oneself
make up
undo
right
restore
equiponderate
tip the scales
counterweight
pay
repay
reimburse
answer
put to rights
reconcile
remunerate
repent
apologise
UK
apologize
US
comp
satisfy
fix
overcompensate
make redress
pay the price for
pay back
make reparations
redress the balance
pay money to
make amends to
make reparation to
make restitution to
pay the price
pay the penalty
absolve oneself
say sorry
take one's medicine
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
▲
Show or prove to be right, reasonable, or justified
vindicate
substantiate
support
authenticate
corroborate
establish
justify
ratify
verify
confirm
defend
warrant
bear out
demonstrate
prove
argue
attest
back
certify
evidence
extenuate
uphold
validate
advocate
assert
endorse
maintain
claim
confute
contend
disculpate
disprove
guard
protect
rationalise
UK
rationalize
US
refute
rehabilitate
second
shield
whitewash
bear witness to
offer grounds for
give credence to
lend weight to
plead for
do justice to
back up
sustain
approve
vouch for
legitimize
US
legitimise
UK
attest to
testify to
sanction
affirm
give proof of
show to be true
argue for
stand by
authorize
US
guarantee
document
give substance to
bolster
authorise
UK
avouch
accredit
permit
show
champion
condone
legitimatize
US
aver
declare
legitimatise
UK
vouch
plead
stand up for
stick up for
buttress
avow
explain
witness
legalize
US
account for
check out
license
UK
give weight to
licence
US
profess
espouse
reason
legalise
UK
state
rubber-stamp
give reasons for
exonerate
merit
manifest
qualify
testify
show beyond doubt
allege
legitimate
promote
represent
recommend
speak for
encourage
reenforce
reinforce
exculpate
legislate
swear
constitute
check
urge
prescribe
protest
countenance
shore up
pronounce lawful
strengthen
okay
check up
call for
approve of
speak in support of
provide evidence of
be a reason for
be a justification for
give the stamp of approval to
show to be reasonable
give grounds for
press for
give force to
come to the defence of
be a defence of
put forward
give evidence
give the green light to
ride shotgun
insist on
go to bat for
side with
explain away
swear to
bear something out
ground
assure
underscore
pardon
notify
ascertain
be proof of
absolve
enforce
prove to be genuine
reassure
exempt
indicate
elucidate
display
fight for
swear by
underwrite
acquit
make sure of
circumstantiate
settle
stress
underpin
exhibit
evince
denote
be grounds for
allow
objectify
realise
UK
actualize
realize
US
test
debunk
complete
reify
try
press
agree
demonstrate the truth of
suss out
hold up
double-check
pin down
make certain of
recognize
US
formalize
US
sanctify
seal
be good reason for
entitle one to
invoke
try on
try out
give nod
check on
declare true
double check
acknowledge
push for
insist upon
adjure
asseverate
palliate
sign off on
present
asservate
countersign
announce
befriend
aid
stonewall
adduce
recognise
UK
formalise
UK
decriminalize
US
bear witness
throw one's weight behind
depose to
use as an excuse
cop a plea
plea bargain
cite
answer charges
use as excuse
respond
say in defense
stand for
speak up for
come to defense of
cover for
prove a case
apologize for
thump for
put in a good word
bear one out
enact
regulate
normalize
US
ordain
decree
formulate
codify
launder
be supportive of
decriminalise
UK
normalise
UK
clear
hold up one's end
hold to
give one's support to
stick by
give one's backing to
make excuses for
clean up
declare legal
answer for
demand
deserve
give an explanation for
require
entitle
earn
favour
UK
advise
favor
US
be answerable for
speak on behalf of
make a case for
give an apologia for
rate
show just cause for
provide a rationale for
prove to be reasonable
speak in favor of
make good on
give a justification for
make allowances
show cause
commend
suggest
entail
necessitate
give the rationale behind
propose
indorse
patronize
US
push
advance
tout
plug
further
hold
insist
patronise
UK
run interference for
give a leg up
stump for
boost
brace up
be in corner
hold a brief for
be in favor of
plump for
go for
give a lift
subscribe to
plunk for
lobby for
go with
campaign on behalf of
spread around
build up
bless
say so
root for
campaign for
get on bandwagon
hold with
sponsor
be worth
be deserving of
be entitled to
be worthy of
consent to
give ground for
qualify for
purport
pronounce
zap
jump on
have at
mix
charge
come at
blast
lock horns with
debate
sock it to one
lace into
set to
stick it to
rip
gang up on
light into
dispute
put up argument
report
let have it
tell
fly in face of
go at
enjoin
dictate
have bone to pick
cross
say
mix it up
take on
lay into
proclaim
agree to
vow
promise
accept
pledge
sign
depose
predicate
reveal
lay down
make evident
determine
ensure
guaranty
expose
make out
notarize
pass
OK
undertake
clinch
accede
admit
illustrate
give the go-ahead
secure
bespeak
confess
insure
express
cinch
opine
swear up and down
be evidence of
give testimony
show clearly
give an undertaking
register
reassert
reaffirm
take an oath
green light
bind
grant
challenge
assent to
submit
give the green light
sew up
acquiesce
say yes to
give the go-ahead to
give the nod to
imply
be responsible for
put forth
set the seal on
propound
adopt
move
own
repeat
offer
ice
get behind
state on oath
betoken
showcase
convey
expound
initial
nail down
show once and for all
point out
give the nod
give assurances
note
cross heart
lock up
stand behind
give a pledge
give an assurance
see
swear on bible
make plain
make known
put into effect
bring forward
submit proof
open up
give substance to the fact that
witness to
witness to the fact that
get off chest
own up
submit evidence
establish evidence
produce evidence
demonstrate the truth
give one's word
produce proof
go along with
make a case
close
wind up
put the seal on
cap
give one's consent
reflect
indemnify
finalize
US
approbate
homologate
O.K.
wager
assent
subscribe
provide
stipulate
stake
pretend
insinuate
accuse
intimate
hint
impute
project
point
effect
be a monument to
give assurance of
show the truth of
expostulate
be a sign of
clarify
lay bare
lay out
set
set out
arrange
lay
recount
recite
delegate
posit
question
postulate
finalise
UK
give proof
provide evidence
find
flag up
discover
commit
contract
give green light
remonstrate
sign and seal
rubber stamp
be liable for
go bail for
assert under oath
stand bail for
swear an oath
swear to the fact
make safe
fix
result
develop
convince
signify
put on ice
appeal
signal
rumour
UK
put about that
emphasize
US
rumor
US
emphasise
UK
lock on
have a lock on
have a case
add up
carry
password
mark
watchword
signature
depone
prevail upon
commission
make
soapbox
stump
spout
spiel
croon
constate
sing
be a witness
make a deposition
say under oath
engage
voice
talk big
act as if
get on soapbox
blow hot air
come out
utter
vote in
make into law
legislate for
vote for
disclose
concede
make sure
render
inform
allegate
give one's approval to
satisfy oneself
see to it
give something the OK
give something the thumbs up
do not forget to
take care
be sure to
give something the green light
make certain
give something the go-ahead
be in no doubt
constitute proof of
constitute evidence of
spell out
make clear
speak out
ostend
get across
clear up
avert
cosign
appreciate
yield
cognize
know
perceive
let on
take on board
cooperate with
fess up
come out of closet
'fess up
bow to
concur with
accede to
come clean
acquiesce in
be aware of
own up to
be conscious of
be wise to
defer to
bear testimony
act as a witness
give an affidavit
sign for
make legal
make binding
make stick
set seal on
give stamp of approval
make valid
make legally binding
set one's seal to
John Hancock
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 one notice
give someone notice
let one go
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
defenestrate
depose
give the old heave-ho
unseat
give the elbow
evict
out
drum out
boot
dethrone
turn out
give someone their notice
banish
topple
drop
defrock
dislodge
drive out
exclude
remove from office
overthrow
give notice to
uncrown
chuck out
unthrone
deprive
unmake
bin off
bring down
cast out
give someone the air
force out
send away
give someone the big E
give the bum's rush
give walking papers
suspend
overturn
pay off
turf
rout
reject
give the boot
run off
disqualify
cut
eliminate
relegate
usurp
unfrock
impeach
chase
discrown
send home
give the heave ho
throw out on your ear
let out
shut out
push out
disbar
remove from power
debar
ship
bar
ban
pension
deselect
disfrock
shelve
recall
disemploy
furlough
depone
break
deport
degrade
omit
disregard
slang
unhorse
shed
chuck
pink slip
extrude
see the back of
show the door one
give marching orders
sling out
fling out
expulse
give notice
chase out
give a pink slip
give someone his
wash out
turn away
give warning
give the sack
give somebody their cards
leave out
give somebody the boot
set aside
drive away
give the ax
give the gate
give somebody the push
throw out on ear
throw someone out on their ear
give the chop
give someone the pink slip
send somebody packing
lay someone off
heave
vote someone out
move on
court martial
demote
triumph
overwhelm
defeat
throw
sever connections
unsettle
downgrade
retire early
give the boot to
give the bullet to
blackball
disthrone
disenthrone
dehire
unhire
yeet
give somebody notice
upset
subvert
give the push to
eighty-six
put away
blacklist
step into shoes of
take over
terminate employment
give someone the gate
give someone his or her walking papers
give someone the ax
strip of rank
black
thrust out
put out
give one the gate
show the door to
toss out
give the sack to
purge
exile
give their cards
give the axe
give heave-ho
hand walking papers
give one's cards
give pink slip
move
fordrive
dispossess
heave out
transfer
expatriate
give somebody the sack
give bum's rush
ask to leave
give somebody the pink slip
reposition
abolish
shift
evacuate
pull
relocate
expunge
detach
tomahawk
downsize
reduce
hatchet
poll
decimate
cleaver
excommunicate
ostracize
US
waive
budge
abstract
dislocate
give the hook
show you the door
repatriate
extradite
transport
outlaw
cancel
delete
proscribe
isolate
rusticate
ostracise
UK
extradict
drive off
sequester
slur
elide
erase
forget
take down
do away with
shake off
chase away
ignore
scale down
cut back
put an end to
slim down
leave off
rule out
give something a miss
take out
miss out
cross out
cut out
shut the door on
kiss off
remove by force
disband
disperse
demobilize
US
liberate
dispatch
rid
bundle
clear
demobilise
UK
show out
allow to go
send off
dispense with
dispose of
cast off
slough off
do without
push aside
repudiate
boycott
disallow
veto
snub
preclude
smoke out
keep out
embargo
disfellowship
shun
prohibit
except
interdict
send to Coventry
flush out
count out
leave out in the cold
vote against
hand someone his hat
dispel
refuse
forbid
discount
disclude
stop
uproot
close out
put an embargo on
put out in the street
give the cold shoulder to
attaint
throw someone out
consign
coldshoulder
empty
unchurch
prohibit from entering
denounce
ferret out
anathematize
overlook
takfir
curse
disentitle
ditch
unloose
irrupt
dump
toss
force to leave
chase off
vote out
throw overboard
kiss goodbye
squeeze out
scatter
give someone their P45
show the gate to
dissipate
say no to
declare ineligible
refuse admission to
refuse entrance to
deny
stand in the way of
not include
fail to include
factor out
disturb
avoid
knock over
disentangle
extricate
free
bring low
squander
knock out of position
knock out of place
repel
scramble
dig out
get out
knock loose
bring about the downfall of
withdraw
consider undesirable
estop
deny access to
obviate
prevent
block
sideline
bate
occlude
clear out
steer clear of
thumbs down
place an embargo on
hit list
refuse to employ
down
negative
kill
not count
refuse to admit
put on hit list
pass over
ward off
refuse admittance
prevent from entering
split up
beat off
break up
cold-shoulder
spurn
take away
move out
shoot down
break it up
clear from
send to a safe place
remove from
undermine
relieve
displant
substitute
override
give the cold shoulder
wrench out
crowd
swap places with
substitute for
sit in
front for
fill in
ring
outplace
take over from
ring in
back up
force
stand in
take the place of
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
restrain
settle
compose
dampen
control
stifle
suppress
ameliorate
curb
repress
comfort
qualify
lower
modulate
salve
lenify
gentle
regulate
mellow
soft-pedal
muffle
quench
extinguish
play down
contain
take the sting out
cure
smother
smooth
minimize
US
silence
pour oil on
minimise
UK
mute
satisfy
cool off
hush
buffer
water down
heal
chill out
slacken
tame
lullaby
becalm
cut
calm down
balm
limit
overcome
settle down
dispel
impair
thin
constrain
slake
restrict
subside
improve
console
resolve
adjust
conciliate
dulcify
propitiate
dim
take the bite out
make nice
anaesthetize
UK
square
unburden
solace
cool out
anesthetize
US
curtail
stroke
put an end to
sate
downplay
contract
discount
sap
bridle
squelch
absorb
banish
numb
depress
quash
stop
inhibit
subjugate
shrink
govern
adulterate
undermine
wane
disempower
rise above
hold
measure
counteract
paralyse
UK
mend
dwindle
rule
keep
dissipate
stabilize
US
kill
benumb
destroy
make light of
remedy
stabilise
UK
defuse
nurse
doctor
meliorate
slack
cut down
pad
loose
pull in
rein in
cheer
reassure
cripple
paralyze
US
ease off
aid
assist
fix up
disburden
upraise
facilitate
free
hold in
damp down
patch things up
quieten down
quiet down
freeze
untrouble
play up to
make better
attend to
smooth over
disarm
let up on
ally
make peace with
get rid of
lay back
take a load off
butter up
let up
smooth down
pour cold water on
rein
make up
dampen down
throw cold water on
take the sting out of
steady
shade
sober
darken
deepen
cloud
address
treat
diffuse
revise
mask
shorten
make weaker
sugarcoat
restore
degrade
restraint
satiate
fill
surfeit
trammel
intern
confine
fix
prettify
take sting out
dismiss
taper
depreciate
pipe down
shush
dumb
stay
eliminate
loosen
gratify
admix
put a stop to
drive away
chase away
put to rest
drive off
erode
decrement
gruntle
obtund
transmogrify
switch
revamp
simmer down
reconcile
dispose
tune down
ease up
put at rest
disperse
shut up
enfeeble
hold back
protect against
rectify
content
de-escalate
downsize
ebb
reduce something
scale down
insulate
buttress
bolster
seclude
guard
keep down
mince
break
release
win over
put behind one
temperate
constrict
deflate
devaluate
rarefy
disable
vitiate
offset
debilitate
enervate
defend against
shield against
fine tune
make reasonable
fall
cease
cut back
wear away
roll back
peter out
wear down
fade
disintegrate
refresh
crumble
relaxed
assure
keep in check
demilitarise
UK
save
neutralise
UK
rescue
recover
neutralize
US
demilitarize
US
crush
monkey around with
keep under control
cut off
choke off
safeguard against
reduce the effect of
chasten
embroider
embellish
support
wind down
tail off
rock to sleep
reduce punishment
iron out
sort out
take the bite out of
meet halfway
impose peace upon
put down
kiss and make up
grease
con
clear the air with
make peace
put the lid on
restore harmony to
bury the hatchet
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
pacificate
brighten
smooth out
clear the air
take the heat
make lighter
infrigidate
take it easy
die down
freshen
frost
take the edge
put a lid on
buck up
condole with
give solace to
make agreeable
patch up
punctuate
succor
US
succour
UK
vary
run interference for
clear the way
forward
disengage
speed up
relent
simplify
promote
make easier
speed
untighten
expedite
lift
open the door
further
liss
interrupt
put to rights
dress up
prevent
break up
disencumber
empty
levitate
take
remove
uplight
change
shift
jettison
eradicate
unload
set right
bring respite to
master
make less painful
bring an end to
make bearable
extend
lace
sophisticate
cauterize
US
humble
discipline
deplete
debase
invalidate
take load off
reduce weight
put off
throw out
pour out
make less
incapacitate
stun
exhaust
frustrate
etherize
cauterise
UK
chloroform
KO
drown
unnerve
stupefy
injure
slow
retard
gas
deprive
consume
tire
dope
make something bearable
bring aid to
bring aid
train
cow
domesticate
conquer
house-train
lick
enslave
knock out
lay out
thin out
put out of order
put to sleep
cultivate
reclaim
vanquish
bust
domesticize
domiciliate
housebreak
soften up
bring to heel
make tame
break in
break the spirit
get the better of
break the spirit of
get a grip on
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