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

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