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▸ verb: (obsolete) To hide or disguise.
▸ verb: To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify.
▸ verb: To placate or mollify.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Cloaked; hidden, concealed.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Eased; mitigated; alleviated.
Similar:
alleviate,
assuage,
relieve,
mitigate,
extenuate,
ameliorize,
meliorate,
ameliorate,
meliorize,
amend,
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