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(1) - Merriam-Webster Dictionary
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(2) - { explain away } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Verb] | "explain away"
1: to get rid of by or as if by explanation
2: to minimize the significance of by or as if by explanation
Origin: 1688 ;
(2) - Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
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(2) - { explaining away } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Verb] | "explaining away"
1: to give the reason for or cause of;
* e.g., " ... after the surprise attack, military leaders struggled to explain away the nation's unpreparedness "
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2: to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses;
* e.g., " ... tried to explain away his adulterous affairs by saying that men are promiscuous by nature "
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(2) - { explain away } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Verb] | "explain away"
1: to give the reason for or cause of;
* e.g., " ... after the surprise attack, military leaders struggled to explain away the nation's unpreparedness "
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2: to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses;
* e.g., " ... tried to explain away his adulterous affairs by saying that men are promiscuous by nature "
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