Downplay

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  downplay
       v 1: represent as less significant or important [syn: {understate},
             {minimize}, {minimise}] [ant: {overstate}]
       2: understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his
          royal ancestry" [syn: {background}, {play down}] [ant: {foreground},
           {foreground}]