Synset:alibi excuse self-justification
Examples:
- he kept finding excuses to stay
- every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job
- his transparent self-justification was unacceptable
Derivationally Related Form:alibiexcuse
Hypernyms:defence defense vindication
Inherited Hypernyms:excusedefensejustificationexplanationstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:extenuationmitigation
Full Hyponyms:
extenuation