excusers
Those who justify
Excusers are people who make or offer excuses, either for themselves or on behalf of others.
The term typically carries a negative connotation, suggesting someone who habitually deflects blame or justifies poor behavior rather than taking responsibility.
The excusers in the meeting spent more time explaining failures than proposing solutions.
Defender of a cause
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- defenderOne who guards another
- supporterOne who backs another
- vindicatorOne who justifies
champion · backer · enabler · proponent · ally · sympathizer · protector · upholder
One who constructs self-serving explanations
- explainerOne who clarifies meaning
- defenderOne who guards another
- apologistDefender of a cause
- mitigatorThat which lessens severity
vindicator · pleader · reasoner · validator · arguer · advocate
Something that redirects
- dodgerOne who avoids
- denierOne who contradicts
- minimizerOne who reduces significance
- whitewasherOne who conceals faults
obfuscator · dissembler · fabricator · distorter · sidestepper · equivocator · prevaricator · cover-up
One granting forgiveness
- absolverOne who pardons
- condonerOne who permits faults
- reconcilerOne who restores harmony
- mercifulDisposed toward forgiveness
lenient · compassionate · understanding · empathetic · indulgent · tolerant · patient · accepting
apologist
Defender of a cause
vindicator · champion · backer · enabler · proponent · ally · sympathizer · protector · upholder · patron
rationalizer
One who constructs self-serving explanations
mitigator · vindicator · pleader · reasoner · validator · arguer · advocate
deflector
Something that redirects
whitewasher · obfuscator · dissembler · fabricator · distorter · sidestepper · equivocator · prevaricator · cover-up
pardoner
One granting forgiveness
- absolverOne who pardons
- condonerOne who permits faults
- reconcilerOne who restores harmony
merciful · lenient · compassionate · understanding · empathetic · indulgent · tolerant · patient · accepting · charitable
- truth avoidersdeniers, avoiders, deflectors, obfuscators, gaslighters
- supportersfan, patron, supporters, backers, backer
excusersaccusers
Those who blame others
blamers · condemners · denouncers · critics · censurers
excuserspunishers
Those who inflict penalties
hard-liners · disciplinarians · enforcers · moralists · taskmasters
- excuse meApology for minor intrusion
- make excusesGive self-serving explanations
- making excusesOffering justifications for shortcomings
- no excusesRefusing to justify failure
- excuse myself
- excuse youPolite rebuke for rudeness