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alibi

('/&/l/@/,b/aI/ )

(law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question(noun.communication)

source: wordnet30
a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.(noun.communication)

Example:
Every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job.

Synonym:
exculpation, excuse, self-justification

source: wordnet30
The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi.(noun)

source: webster1913

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