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synonyms for explain away

  • justify
  • deliberate
  • elucidate
  • excise
  • excuse
  • extenuate
  • reason
  • reconcile
  • resolve
  • think
  • vindicate
  • account for
  • apply logic
  • cop a plea
  • cop out
  • give alibi
  • intellectualize
  • make allowance
  • reason out
  • think through
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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to explain away, such as: justify, deliberate, elucidate, excise, excuse, and extenuate.
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How to use explain away in a sentence

The adherents of the old theology made strenuous efforts to explain away this unwelcome circumstance.
MAN AND HIS ANCESTORCHARLES MORRIS
I have endeavoured to explain away the strange orthography, and I have conjecturally supplied the last line.
NOTES AND QUERIES, NUMBER 69, FEBRUARY 22, 1851VARIOUS
First, the Eleate states the opinion which perplexes him, and which he is anxious either to refute or to explain away.
PLATO AND THE OTHER COMPANIONS OF SOKRATES, 3RD ED. VOLUME III (OF 4)GEORGE GROTE
Christians like Dr. Abbott explain away the Resurrection as no physical fact, but a spiritual conception.
FLOWERS OF FREETHOUGHTGEORGE W. FOOTE
Holland, in trying to explain away the inconsistencies of this fabrication, repeatedly blunders.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: WAS HE A CHRISTIAN?JOHN B. REMSBURG
Wilhelmine listened in silence; she knew that his accusation was extremely serious, and the facts most difficult to explain away.
A GERMAN POMPADOURMARIE HAY
No honest person hesitates to explain away incriminating circumstances.
THE SUBSTITUTE PRISONERMAX MARCIN
It is impossible to see how Mr. Spencer, any more than other people, can explain away the existence of pain and evil.
THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW, VOLUME 36, NOVEMBER 1879VARIOUS
She would again appear side by side with Webster to explain away another gratuitous death.
LADY LILITHSTEPHEN MCKENNA
These are facts that no amount of words can cover, no speeches explain away.
AVERAGE AMERICANSTHEODORE ROOSEVELT
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO EXPLAIN AWAY

  • account for
  • apply logic
  • cop a plea
  • cop out
  • deliberate
  • elucidate
  • excise
  • excuse
  • explain away
  • extenuate
  • give alibi
  • intellectualize
  • justify
  • make allowance
  • reason
  • reason out
  • reconcile
  • resolve
  • think
  • think through
  • vindicate
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.