extenuating
loosen someone's tongue
make a federal case out of something
palliate
careless
underplay
excusing
excuse
fair cop
pardon
cry blue murder
reductive
deprecatory
get a rise out of
downplay
distractionism
cut
disinterest
underrecognize
think of the children
subduing
win liao lor
condone
extenuate
reproach
preconception
mitigate
lightning rod
hear the end of it
gloss
alibi
befog
colour
blameshifting
dispraise
color
enable
belittle
Cassandra complex
hey ho
rise above
scream loudest
whoosh
favor
kick up a fuss
strip away
exculpatory
downplaying
explain away
'scuse
lighten
play down
telling-off
misattend
eh
heterogenium
diversionism
fuck this
on one's conscience
cold shoulder
cut someone cold
catch someone napping
rid
excusingly
destigmatize
pardon me
unjustify
detachment
palliation
mitigation
it's better to ask forgiveness than permission
afraid
extenuation
picayune
but who's counting
lay aside
downrate
runaround
begrudgingness
head-in-the-sand
cavil
quibble
throwaway
kick up dust
quiddity
confutation
sulk
minimize
presumption
fashy
pass over
misreact
nonattention

English words for 'That lessens the seriousness of something by providing an excuse.'

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