Synset
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
<verb.communication>
color
colour
gloss
sample sentences
"color a lie"
verb frames
Somebody ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
gloss
semantic pointers
hypernym
rationalize, excuse, apologize, apologise, rationalise