3
veil(noun, verb, cover, cause, ease)
3
waiver(noun, dismissal)
3
white(verb, cover, ease, moderate, diminish)
2
acquittance
2
affirmation(noun, reason, explanation, pretext)
2
allegation(noun, action, reason, claim, statement)
2
appeal(noun, plea)
2
appease(verb, correct, compensate, pardon, forgive)
2
approve(support, favor, defend, explain, substantiate)
2
argument(noun, cause, return, reason, base)
2
artifice(noun, trick, shift, escape, routine)
2
assuage(verb, cover, ease, moderate, diminish)
2
be blind to(verb, expression, idiom)
2
bear no malice(expression, idiom, forget, pardon, absolve)
2
beg(verb, plead)
2
blind
2
blink at(verb, expression, take, clear, release)
2
bury the hatchet(expression, idiom, forget, pardon, absolve)
2
camouflage(noun, verb, cover, ease, moderate)
2
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