explains away synonyms

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account for

clarify
elucidate
explain
justify
resolve

apply logic

account for
cop a plea
cop out
deliberate
elucidate
excise
excuse
explain away
extenuate
give alibi
intellectualize
justify
make allowance
reason

cop a plea

get off on a technicality
plea-bargain

cop out

back down
back off
back out
backpedal
desert
dodge
excuse
give the slip
have alibi
rationalize
renege
renounce
revoke
skip

deliberate

advised
aforethought
calculated
careful
cautious
cold-blooded
conscious
considered
cut-and-dried
designed
designful
done on purpose
express
fixed

elucidate

annotate
clarify
clear
clear up
decode
demonstrate
draw a picture
enlighten
exemplify
explicate
expound
get across
gloss
illuminate

excise

customs
duty
import tax
levy
surcharge
tariff
toll

excuse

alibi
apology
cleanup
cop-out
cover
cover story
coverup
defense
disguise
evasion
expedient
extenuation
fish story
grounds

explain away

account for
apply logic
cop a plea
cop out
deliberate
elucidate
excise
excuse
extenuate
give alibi
intellectualize
justify
make allowance
reason

extenuate

decrease
diminish
downplay
excuse
justify
make allowances
minimize
moderate
palliate
qualify
reduce
soften

give alibi

account for
apply logic
cop a plea
cop out
deliberate
elucidate
excise
excuse
explain away
extenuate
intellectualize
justify
make allowance
reason

intellectualize

account for
apply logic
cop a plea
cop out
deliberate
elucidate
excise
excuse
explain away
extenuate
give alibi
justify
make allowance
reason

justify

absolve
acquit
advocate
alibi
answer for
apologize for
approve
argue for
assert
be answerable for
bear out
brief
claim
clear

make allowance

be patient
endure
forbear
put up with
suffer
wait

reason

acumen
apprehension
argumentation
bounds
brain
brains
comprehension
deduction
dialectics
discernment
generalization
induction
inference
intellect

reason out

account for
apply logic
cop a plea
cop out
deliberate
elucidate
excise
excuse
explain away
extenuate
give alibi
intellectualize
justify
make allowance

reconcile

accommodate
accord
accustom
appease
arbitrate
arrange
assuage
attune
bring to terms
bring together
bury the hatchet
come together
compose
conciliate

resolve

boldness
conclusion
courage
decidedness
design
earnestness
firmness
fixed purpose
intention
objective
project
purpose
purposefulness
purposiveness

think

assume
be convinced
comprehend
conceive
conclude
consider
credit
deem
determine
envisage
envision
esteem
estimate
expect

think through

assay
beat a dead horse
chew over
confab
consider
estimate
evaluate
figure
figure out
get down to brass tacks
hash
inspect
interpret
investigate

vindicate

absolve
acquit
advocate
argue
assert
bear out
claim
clear
confute
contend
corroborate
defend
disculpate
disprove

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