spare someone the details
discreetness
circumspection
discretion
prudence
emperor's new clothes
play off
style it out
draw a veil over
guard one's tongue
befog
breast one's cards
beat around the bush
oversimplify
handwave
mince words
shy
ditsy
betray
snap
let go
conspiracy of silence
I don't want to talk about it
dirty laundry
dumb down
stylized
forenotice
speak too soon
drop a bombshell
omissive
argue round and round
raise an eyebrow
telltale
speak volumes
keep shtum
downplay
save the drama for your mama
tacenda
spoiler
missout
really
self-proclaimed
hit with
ob-
keep
dampener
revealing
go there
telling
bewray
kick up dust
window dressing
facade
prevaricate
interpose
palter
kibitz
pry
buck-and-wing
bandy around
equivocate
tergiversate
dead giveaway
kibbitz
I've got news for you
prise
put one's cards on the table
dirty linen
unapologetically
ellipsis
expose
put up or shut up
it figures
debunk
calumniate
exclusionary
eclipsis
leave out
evasive
crystalise
enlighten
shed light on
bypass
illuminate
short-circuit
cry blue murder
get around
crystalize
crystallise
give away
clear up
crystallize
go around
relieve
elucidate
clear
unbosom

English words for 'to not give details about something mentioned, usually to avoid embarrassment or irrelevance'

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