alibi English

Meaning alibi meaning

What does alibi mean?

alibi

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

— verb exonerate by means of an alibi

— noun (= excuse, self-justification) a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc he kept finding excuses to stay every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job his transparent self-justification was unacceptable

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What other words have the same or similar meaning as alibi?

alibi English » English

excuse

self-justification

pretext

pretense

plea

exculpation

defense

apology

sorry

shield

reason

protect

proof of absence

proof

plead

make excuses

justification

indemnify

exonerate

excuses

evidence

evasion

defense of being elsewhere

defend