ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

yes-man, suckup, ass-kisser [Vulg.], brown-noser [Vulg.], teacher's pet.
Phr. pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes [Lat.] [Tacitus].
936. Detractor -- N. detractor, reprover; censor, censurer; cynic, critic, caviler, carper,
word-catcher, frondeur; barracker † .
defamer, backbiter, slanderer, Sir Benjamin Backbite, lampooner, satirist, traducer,
libeler, calumniator, dawplucker † , Thersites † ; Zoilus; good-natured friend [Iron.]; reviler,
vituperator, castigator; shrew &c 901; muckraker.
disapprover, laudator temporis acti [Lat.] [Horace].
Adj. black-mouthed, abusive &c 934.
937. Vindication -- N. vindication, justification, warrant; exoneration, exculpation;
acquittal &c 970; whitewashing.
extenuation; palliation, palliative; softening, mitigation.
reply, defense; recrimination &c 938.
apology, gloss, varnish; plea &c 617; salvo; excuse, extenuating circumstances;
allowance, allowance to be made; locus paenitentiae [Lat.].
apologist, vindicator, justifier; defendant &c 938.
justifiable charge, true bill.
v.. justify, warrant; be an excuse for &c n.; lend a color, furnish a handle; vindicate;
exculpate, disculpate † ; acquit &c 970; clear, set right, exonerate, whitewash; clear the
skirts of.
extenuate, palliate, excuse, soften, apologize, varnish, slur, gloze; put a gloss, put a
good face upon; mince; gloss over, bolster up, help a lame dog over a stile.
advocate, defend, plead one's cause; stand up for, stick up for, speak up for; contend
for, speak for; bear out, keep in countenance, support; plead &c, 617; say in defense;
plead ignorance; confess and avoid, propugn † , put in a good word for.
take the will for the deed, make allowance for, give credit for, do justice to; give one
his due, give the Devil his due.
make good; prove the truth of, prove one's case; be justified by the event.
Adj. vindicated, vindicating &c v.; exculpatory; apologetic.
excusable, defensible, pardonable; venial, veniable † ; specious, plausible, justifiable.
Phr. honi sot qui mal y pense; good wine needs no bush
938. Accusation -- N. accusation, charge, imputation, slur, inculpation, exprobration † ,
delation; crimination; incrimination, accrimination † , recrimination; tu quoque argument
[Lat.]; invective &c 932.
denunciation, denouncement; libel, challenge, citation, arraignment; impeachment,
appeachment † ; indictment, bill of indictment, true bill; lawsuit &c 969; condemnation &c
971.
gravamen of a charge, head and front of one's offending, argumentum ad hominem
[Lat.]; scandal &c (detraction) 934; scandalum magnatum [Lat.].
accuser, prosecutor, plaintiff; relator, informer; appellant.
accused, defendant, prisoner, perpetrator, panel, respondent; litigant.
V. accuse, charge, tax, impute, twit, taunt with, reproach.