See gloze in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To conceal or make light of a fault or offense.
Also used with over: explain away, extenuate, gloss over, palliate, sleek over, whitewash. See showTo give a deceptively attractive appearance to.
Also used with over: color, gild, gloss (over), sugarcoat, varnish, veneer, whitewash. Idioms: paper over, put a good face on. See true
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