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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• 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
• ignoring
• condoning
• accounting (for)
• forgiving
• brushing (aside or off)
• alibiing
• disregarding
• explaining away
• winking (at)
• pardoning
• passing over
• remitting
• glossing (over)
• shrugging off
• 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
• extenuating
• palliating
• whitewashing
• glossing (over)
• explaining away
• apologizing
• deodorizing
• confessing
• minimizing
• rationalizing
• glozing (over)
• atoning
• mitigating
• accounting (for)
• varnishing
• alleviating
• absolving
• sugarcoating
• exonerating
• exculpating
• softening
• moderating
• lessening
• vindicating
• tempering
• acquitting
• easing
• playing down
• lightening
• soft-pedaling
• clearing