| countenance(support, favor, defend, explain, substantiate) |
| cover with excuses(expression, idiom) |
| crawl(verb, support, favor, sustain, confirm) |
| defensive story |
| discharge(defend, spare, relieve, pardon, forgive) |
| dispense from(verb, expression, phrasal verb, defend, explain) |
| do justice to(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, support) |
| establish(verb, support, favor, sustain, confirm) |
| exculpate(support, defend, spare, relieve, substantiate) |
| exempt(defend, spare, relieve, pardon, forgive) |
| exempt from(verb, expression, phrasal verb, defend, explain) |
| exonerate(verb, support, defend, spare, relieve) |
| extenuate(verb, defend, explain, spare, relieve) |
| extenuation(noun, action, reason, trick, claim) |
| facade |
| favor(support, defend, explain, substantiate, validate) |
| forgive(verb, defend, explain, spare, relieve) |
| free(defend, spare, relieve, pardon, forgive) |
| give absolution(verb, expression, defend, explain, spare) |
| gloss |