alibi

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	defence, defense, vindication,
definition	:	the justification for some act or belief (noun.communication)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)

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

hypernym	:	defence, defense, vindication,
definition	:	the justification for some act or belief (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	extenuation, mitigation,
definition	:	a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances (noun.communication)

3. exonerate by means of an alibi (verb.communication)

hypernym	:	excuse, explain,
definition	:	serve as a reason or cause or justification of (verb.communication)

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

derivation	:	alibi,
definition	:	exonerate by means of an alibi (verb.communication)

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

derivation	:	condone, excuse,
definition	:	excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with (verb.communication)

derivation	:	excuse, explain,
definition	:	serve as a reason or cause or justification of (verb.communication)

derivation	:	alibi,
definition	:	exonerate by means of an alibi (verb.communication)

derivation	:	apologise, apologize, excuse, justify, rationalise, rationalize,
definition	:	defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning (verb.communication)

derivation	:	excuse, pardon,
definition	:	accept an excuse for (verb.communication)

6. exonerate by means of an alibi (verb.communication)

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

derivation	:	alibi, exculpation, excuse, self-justification,
definition	:	a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. (noun.communication)

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

derivation	:	alibi,
definition	:	exonerate by means of an alibi (verb.communication)

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

derivation	:	condone, excuse,
definition	:	excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with (verb.communication)

derivation	:	excuse, explain,
definition	:	serve as a reason or cause or justification of (verb.communication)

derivation	:	alibi,
definition	:	exonerate by means of an alibi (verb.communication)

derivation	:	apologise, apologize, excuse, justify, rationalise, rationalize,
definition	:	defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning (verb.communication)

derivation	:	excuse, pardon,
definition	:	accept an excuse for (verb.communication)

9. exonerate by means of an alibi (verb.communication)

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

derivation	:	alibi, exculpation, excuse, self-justification,
definition	:	a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. (noun.communication)

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