| dry up(verb, expression, stop, restrain, curb) |
| ease(verb, cover, moderate, diminish, lessen) |
| exculpate(verb, cover, ease, moderate, diminish) |
| excuse(verb, cover, ease, moderate, diminish) |
| extenuate(verb, cover, ease, moderate, diminish) |
| extinguish(verb, stop, restrain, crush, curb) |
| gag(verb, stop, restrain, curb, suppress) |
| gloze(verb, cover, ease, moderate, diminish) |
| hold it down(verb, expression, idiom, stop, restrain) |
| hugger-mugger |
| invalidate(verb, cancel, reverse, void, overturn) |
| justify(verb, cover, ease, moderate, diminish) |
| keep back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hide, contain) |
| keep quiet(verb, expression, suppress, conceal) |
| lessen(verb, cover, ease, moderate, diminish) |
| lighten(verb, cover, ease, moderate, diminish) |
| make light of(verb, expression, idiom, cover, ease) |
| minimize(verb, cover, ease, moderate, diminish) |
| mitigate(verb, cover, ease, moderate, diminish) |
| moderate(verb, cover, ease, diminish, lessen) |