Verb
interpret away (third-person singular simple present interprets away, present participle interpreting away, simple past and past participle interpreted away)
(idiomatic, transitive) To smooth out undesired concepts and teachings in a text, often one of fundamental importance to a religion or ideology, by interpreting that text contrary to its spirit or original meaning.
While there is much room for reassessing the specifics, the basic fact that the Bible teaches some form of patriarchy cannot be interpreted away.
Wishful thinking about the peaceful tolerance of Islam cannot interpret away this reality: hands are still cut off, women still stoned and enslaved, just as the Prophet Muhammad decided centuries ago. Ayaan Hirsi Ali