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substantiate
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verb
(= confirm, support)
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
his story confirmed my doubts
The evidence supports the defendant
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verb
solidify, firm, or strengthen
The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country
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verb
(= embody)
represent in bodily form
He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system
The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist
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verb
make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
our ideas must be substantiated into actions
alibi
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noun
(law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
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verb
exonerate by means of an alibi
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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