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- extenuating
collapse - partially excusing or justifying; "extenuating circumstances" related words >
- altering,
- apologetic,
- assuasive,
- bounding,
- diminishing,
- excusatory,
- excusing,
- extenuative,
- extenuatory,
- justificatory,
- justifying,
- lenitive,
- lessening,
- limitative,
- limiting,
- mitigating,
- mitigative,
- mitigatory,
- modificatory,
- modifying,
- modulatory,
- palliative,
- qualificative,
- qualificatory,
- qualifying,
- refuting,
- rehabilitative,
- restricting,
- restrictive,
- softening,
- tempering,
- vindicative,
- vindicatory
- albification,
- allowance,
- blanching,
- bleaching,
- calcimining,
- clobbering,
- coating,
- color,
- covering,
- crushing defeat,
- decisive defeat,
- decontamination,
- enameling,
- etiolation,
- extenuating circumstances,
- extenuation,
- extenuative,
- fresco,
- frosting,
- gilding,
- glazing,
- gloss,
- glossing,
- grizzling,
- japanning,
- mitigation,
- no contest,
- overwhelming defeat,
- painting,
- palliation,
- palliative,
- pasting,
- priming,
- qualification,
- shellacking,
- silvering,
- smashing defeat,
- smearing,
- softening,
- staining,
- stippling,
- total defeat,
- undercoating,
- utter defeat,
- varnish,
- varnishing,
- whitening,
- whitewash,
- whopping
- decontamination
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- the removal of contaminants related words >
- activity,
- allowance,
- antisepsis,
- artificial radioactivity,
- color,
- contamination,
- curiage,
- disinfection,
- disinfestation,
- extenuating circumstances,
- extenuation,
- extenuative,
- fallout,
- flash pasteurization,
- fumigation,
- gilding,
- gloss,
- half-life,
- hygenics,
- hygiene,
- mitigation,
- natural radioactivity,
- nuclear radiation,
- palliation,
- palliative,
- pasteurization,
- qualification,
- radiant energy,
- radiation,
- radioactive radiation,
- radioactivity,
- radiocarbon dating,
- radiolucency,
- radiopacity,
- radiosensibility,
- radiosensitivity,
- sanitation,
- saturation point,
- softening,
- specific activity,
- sterilization,
- varnish,
- whitewash,
- whitewashing
- apologetic
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- offering or expressing apology; "an apologetic note"; "an apologetic manner" related words >
- abject,
- apologia,
- ascetic,
- atoning,
- cleansing,
- compensational,
- compensatory,
- compunctious,
- conscience-stricken,
- contrite,
- defense,
- excusatory,
- excusing,
- expiatory,
- extenuating,
- extenuative,
- humble,
- humbled,
- justification,
- justificatory,
- justifying,
- lustral,
- lustrational,
- lustrative,
- melted,
- palliative,
- penitent,
- penitential,
- penitentiary,
- piacular,
- propitiatory,
- purgative,
- purgatorial,
- purifying,
- reclamatory,
- recompensing,
- redeeming,
- redemptive,
- redressing,
- refuting,
- regretful,
- rehabilitative,
- remorseful,
- reparative,
- reparatory,
- repentant,
- repenting,
- restitutional,
- restitutive,
- restitutory,
- righting,
- rueful,
- satisfactional,
- sheepish,
- softened,
- sorry,
- squaring,
- touched,
- vindicative,
- vindicatory
- palliative
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- remedy that alleviates pain without curing related words >
- alleviating,
- alleviative,
- alleviator,
- allowance,
- altering,
- analgesic,
- anesthetic,
- anodyne,
- apologetic,
- assuager,
- assuasive,
- balm,
- balmy,
- balsamic,
- benumbing,
- bounding,
- calmant,
- calmative,
- cathartic,
- cleansing,
- color,
- cushion,
- deadening,
- decontamination,
- demulcent,
- dolorifuge,
- dulling,
- easing,
- emollient,
- excusatory,
- excusing,
- extenuating,
- extenuating circumstances,
- extenuation,
- extenuative,
- extenuatory,
- gilding,
- gloss,
- justificatory,
- justifying,
- lenitive,
- limitative,
- limiting,
- mitigating,
- mitigation,
- mitigative,
- mitigator,
- mitigatory,
- moderator,
- modificatory,
- modifying,
- modulator,
- modulatory,
- mollifier,
- numbing,
- pacificator,
- pacifier,
- pain-killing,
- palliation,
- peacemaker,
- purgative,
- qualification,
- qualificative,
- qualificatory,
- qualifying,
- refuting,
- rehabilitative,
- relieving,
- remedial,
- restraining hand,
- restricting,
- restrictive,
- salve,
- sedative,
- shock absorber,
- softening,
- soother,
- soothing,
- soothing syrup,
- stabilizer,
- subduing,
- temperer,
- tranquilizer,
- varnish,
- vindicative,
- vindicatory,
- whitewash,
- whitewashing,
- wiser head
- softening
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- the process of becoming softer; "refrigeration delayed the softening of the fruit"; "he observed the softening of iron by heat" related words >
- abatement,
- abating,
- allaying,
- allayment,
- alleviating,
- alleviation,
- alleviative,
- allowance,
- altering,
- analgesia,
- analgesic,
- anesthesia,
- anesthetic,
- anesthetizing,
- anodyne,
- appeasement,
- assuagement,
- assuaging,
- assuasive,
- attenuation,
- attrition,
- balmy,
- balsamic,
- benumbing,
- blunting,
- bounding,
- calming,
- cathartic,
- chastening,
- cleansing,
- color,
- cushioning,
- dampening,
- damping,
- deadening,
- debilitation,
- decontamination,
- demulcent,
- demulsion,
- devitalization,
- dilution,
- diminishing,
- diminishment,
- diminution,
- dulcification,
- dulling,
- ease,
- easement,
- easing,
- effemination,
- emollient,
- enervation,
- enfeeblement,
- evisceration,
- exhaustion,
- extenuating,
- extenuating circumstances,
- extenuation,
- extenuative,
- extenuatory,
- falling-off,
- fatigue,
- gilding,
- gloss,
- hushing,
- inanition,
- languishment,
- laxation,
- leniency,
- lenitive,
- lessening,
- letdown,
- letup,
- lightening,
- limitative,
- limiting,
- loosening,
- lulling,
- mellowing,
- mitigating,
- mitigation,
- mitigative,
- mitigatory,
- modificatory,
- modifying,
- modulation,
- modulatory,
- mollification,
- mollifying,
- numbing,
- pacification,
- padding,
- pain-killing,
- palliation,
- palliative,
- purgative,
- qualification,
- qualificative,
- qualificatory,
- qualifying,
- quietening,
- quieting,
- reducing,
- reduction,
- relaxation,
- relaxing,
- relief,
- relieving,
- remedial,
- remedy,
- remission,
- restricting,
- restrictive,
- salving,
- slackening,
- softening-up,
- soothing,
- subduement,
- subduing,
- tempering,
- thinning,
- tranquilization,
- varnish,
- weakening,
- whitewash,
- whitewashing
- abatement,
- about-face,
- abridgment,
- accommodation,
- adaptation,
- adjustment,
- allayment,
- alleviation,
- allowance,
- alteration,
- amelioration,
- analgesia,
- anesthesia,
- anesthetizing,
- apostasy,
- appeasement,
- assuagement,
- attenuation,
- attrition,
- benevolence,
- betterment,
- blunting,
- break,
- calming,
- change,
- change of heart,
- changeableness,
- clemency,
- color,
- commiseration,
- compassion,
- condolence,
- constructive change,
- continuity,
- contraction,
- conversion,
- dampening,
- damping,
- deadening,
- debilitation,
- decontamination,
- decrease,
- decrement,
- decrescence,
- deduction,
- defection,
- deflation,
- degeneration,
- degenerative change,
- demulsion,
- depreciation,
- depression,
- deterioration,
- deviation,
- devitalization,
- difference,
- dilution,
- diminishment,
- diminution,
- discontinuity,
- divergence,
- diversification,
- diversion,
- diversity,
- dulcification,
- dulling,
- dying,
- dying off,
- ease,
- easement,
- easing,
- effemination,
- enervation,
- enfeeblement,
- evisceration,
- exhaustion,
- extenuating circumstances,
- extenuation,
- extenuative,
- fade-out,
- falling-off,
- fatigue,
- favor,
- feeling,
- fitting,
- flip-flop,
- forbearance,
- forgiveness,
- gilding,
- gloss,
- grace,
- gradual change,
- humanity,
- hushing,
- improvement,
- inanition,
- kindness,
- languishment,
- leniency,
- lessening,
- letdown,
- letup,
- lightening,
- loosening,
- lowering,
- lulling,
- melioration,
- mercy,
- miniaturization,
- modification,
- modulation,
- mollification,
- numbing,
- overthrow,
- pacification,
- palliation,
- palliative,
- pardon,
- pathos,
- pity,
- qualification,
- quarter,
- quietening,
- quieting,
- radical change,
- re-creation,
- realignment,
- redesign,
- reduction,
- reform,
- reformation,
- relaxation,
- relief,
- remaking,
- remedy,
- remission,
- renewal,
- reprieve,
- reshaping,
- restructuring,
- reversal,
- revival,
- revivification,
- revolution,
- ruth,
- sagging,
- salving,
- scaling down,
- self-pity,
- shift,
- simplicity,
- slackening,
- softening,
- soothing,
- subduement,
- subtraction,
- sudden change,
- switch,
- sympathy,
- tempering,
- thinning,
- total change,
- tranquilization,
- transition,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- upheaval,
- variation,
- variety,
- varnish,
- violent change,
- weakening,
- whitewash,
- whitewashing,
- worsening
- qualification
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- the act of modifying or changing the strength of some idea; "his new position involves a qualification of his party's platform"
- an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something; "her qualifications for the job are excellent"; "one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree"; "she has the makings of fine musician" related words >
- ability,
- ableness,
- about-face,
- acceptability,
- accommodation,
- adaptation,
- adequacy,
- adjustment,
- admissibility,
- allowance,
- alteration,
- amelioration,
- apostasy,
- applicability,
- appositeness,
- appropriateness,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- betterment,
- boundary,
- bounds,
- break,
- bump,
- caliber,
- capability,
- capableness,
- capacity,
- caveat,
- change,
- change of heart,
- changeableness,
- circumscription,
- color,
- competence,
- competency,
- condition,
- conditioning,
- confinement,
- constructive change,
- continence,
- continuity,
- conversion,
- cramp,
- cramping,
- decontamination,
- defection,
- degeneration,
- degenerative change,
- desirability,
- deterioration,
- deviation,
- difference,
- discipline,
- discontinuity,
- divergence,
- diversification,
- diversion,
- diversity,
- dower,
- dowry,
- efficacy,
- efficiency,
- eligibility,
- eligible,
- enablement,
- endowment,
- equipment,
- exception,
- extenuating circumstances,
- extenuation,
- extenuative,
- facility,
- faculty,
- felicity,
- fit,
- fitness,
- fittedness,
- fitting,
- flair,
- flip-flop,
- forte,
- furnishing,
- genius,
- gift,
- gilding,
- gloss,
- gradual change,
- improvement,
- instinct,
- know-how,
- knowledge,
- limit,
- limitation,
- long suit,
- makings,
- mastery,
- maturity,
- melioration,
- metier,
- might,
- mitigation,
- moderation,
- modification,
- modulation,
- natural endowment,
- natural gift,
- overthrow,
- palliation,
- palliative,
- parts,
- potential,
- power,
- powers,
- preparedness,
- prerequisite,
- prescription,
- proficiency,
- propriety,
- proscription,
- provision,
- proviso,
- radical change,
- re-creation,
- readiness,
- realignment,
- redesign,
- reform,
- reformation,
- relevance,
- remaking,
- renewal,
- requirement,
- reservation,
- reshaping,
- restrain,
- restriction,
- restructuring,
- reversal,
- revival,
- revivification,
- revolution,
- ripeness,
- seasoning,
- shift,
- skill,
- softening,
- speciality,
- stint,
- stipulation,
- string,
- strong flair,
- strong point,
- sudden change,
- sufficiency,
- suitability,
- suitableness,
- suitedness,
- susceptibility,
- switch,
- talent,
- talents,
- tempering,
- term,
- the goods,
- the stuff,
- total change,
- transition,
- trim,
- tuning,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- upheaval,
- variation,
- variety,
- varnish,
- violent change,
- what it takes,
- whitewash,
- whitewashing,
- worsening,
- worthiness
- whitewash
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- a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
- wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces
- a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
- exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
- cover with whitewash; "whitewash walls"
- cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes" related words >
- absolve,
- acquit,
- allow for,
- allowance,
- amnesty,
- apply paint,
- becloud,
- bedaub,
- bedizen,
- befog,
- begild,
- belie,
- besmear,
- blank,
- blanket,
- blind,
- brush on paint,
- bulldoze,
- calcimine,
- camouflage,
- chalk,
- clear,
- cloak,
- clobber,
- clobbering,
- cloud,
- coat,
- color,
- complexion,
- conceal,
- cover,
- cover up,
- cream,
- crushing defeat,
- curtain,
- dab,
- daub,
- decisive defeat,
- decontaminate,
- decontamination,
- deep-dye,
- defeat utterly,
- destigmatize,
- diminish,
- dip,
- discharge,
- disguise,
- dismiss,
- dispense from,
- dissemble,
- distemper,
- distort,
- distract attention from,
- double-dye,
- dress up,
- dye,
- ease,
- eclipse,
- embellish,
- emblazon,
- embroider,
- enamel,
- engild,
- ensconce,
- enshroud,
- envelop,
- exculpate,
- excuse,
- exempt,
- exempt from,
- exonerate,
- extenuate,
- extenuating circumstances,
- extenuation,
- extenuative,
- face,
- falsify,
- fast-dye,
- forgive,
- free,
- fresco,
- fudge,
- garble,
- gild,
- gilding,
- give absolution,
- glaze,
- gloss,
- gloss over,
- grain,
- grant amnesty to,
- grant immunity,
- grant remission,
- hide,
- hue,
- ignore,
- illuminate,
- imbue,
- ingrain,
- japan,
- justify,
- keep under cover,
- lacquer,
- lay on color,
- lessen,
- let go,
- let off,
- make allowance for,
- mask,
- mince,
- miscite,
- miscolor,
- misquote,
- misreport,
- misrepresent,
- misstate,
- mitigate,
- mitigation,
- no contest,
- nonpros,
- obfuscate,
- obscure,
- occult,
- overbear,
- overstate,
- overwhelm,
- overwhelming defeat,
- paint,
- palliate,
- palliation,
- palliative,
- pardon,
- parget,
- paste,
- pasting,
- pervert,
- pigment,
- pipe clay,
- pipe-clay,
- prime,
- purge,
- qualification,
- quash the charge,
- release,
- remit,
- schmear,
- screen,
- set free,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shellac,
- shellacking,
- shrive,
- shroud,
- shut out,
- skunk,
- slant,
- slop on paint,
- slur over,
- smashing defeat,
- smear,
- smearing,
- snow under,
- soft-pedal,
- soften,
- softening,
- stain,
- steamroller,
- stipple,
- strain,
- sugarcoat,
- tinct,
- tincture,
- tinge,
- tint,
- titivate,
- tone,
- total defeat,
- trick out,
- twist,
- undercoat,
- understate,
- utter defeat,
- varnish,
- veil,
- veneer,
- vindicate,
- warp,
- wash,
- whelm,
- white,
- whiten,
- whitening,
- whitewashing,
- whiting,
- whomp,
- whop,
- whopping,
- withdraw the charge
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