| dissimulating |
| do justice to(expression, idiom, maintain, defend, uphold) |
| doctor(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, decrease) |
| drain(verb, decline, reduce, moderate, lower) |
| dwarf(decrease, nonincrease) |
| ebb(verb, decline, reduce, moderate, lower) |
| efface(clear, forget, excuse, pardon, pocket) |
| elucidate(deliberate, excuse, justify, vindicate) |
| empty(verb, reduce, ease, lessen, lift) |
| eradicate(verb, reduce, ease, lessen, lift) |
| excise(deliberate, excuse, justify, vindicate) |
| exempt(clear, defend, spare, relieve, forget) |
| exempt from(verb, expression, defend, explain, spare) |
| extenuating |
| facilitate(verb, reduce, cool, ease, lessen) |
| fade away(verb, expression, decline, reduce, moderate) |
| forget(excuse, pardon, spring, pocket, absolve) |
| free from blame(expression, idiom, maintain, defend, uphold) |
| fritter away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decrease, nonincrease) |
| give absolution(verb, expression, defend, explain, spare) |