Synonyms of excusing

excusing

verb

present participle of excuse

1

as in ignoring

to dismiss as of little importance

more often than not, voters are willing to excuse a candidate's youthful indiscretion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ignoring
• forgiving
• justifying
• overlooking
• explaining
• condoning
• pardoning
• disregarding
• discounting
• whitewashing
• remitting
• rationalizing
• passing over
• overpassing
• papering over
• shrugging off
• absolving
• forgiving and forgetting
• exculpating
• exonerating
• vindicating
• brushing (aside or off)
• blinking (at)
• acquitting
• winking (at)
• glossing (over)
• waiving
• glozing (over)
• closing one's eyes to
• clearing
• waving (aside or off)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• noting
• marking
• objecting (to)
• heeding
• minding

• noting
• marking
• objecting (to)
• heeding
• minding

2

as in justifying

to be an acceptable reason for

having a female passenger in labor will generally excuse a little disregard for the speed limit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• justifying
• explaining
• rationalizing
• condoning
• ignoring
• alibiing
• forgiving
• pardoning
• disregarding
• explaining away
• accounting (for)
• passing over
• remitting
• brushing (aside or off)
• shrugging off
• winking (at)
• glossing (over)
• glozing (over)

3

as in explaining

to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses

he's always excusing his chronic lying by claiming that everybody lies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• justifying
• explaining
• palliating
• extenuating
• whitewashing
• apologizing
• confessing
• rationalizing
• explaining away
• minimizing
• deodorizing
• atoning
• mitigating
• sugarcoating
• glossing (over)
• absolving
• alleviating
• glozing (over)
• exculpating
• exonerating
• varnishing
• softening
• vindicating
• acquitting
• moderating
• lessening
• tempering
• easing
• soft-pedaling
• playing down
• lightening
• accounting (for)
• clearing