'alibi' definitions:
Definition of 'alibi'
From: WordNet
noun
(law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
noun
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" [syn: excuse, alibi, exculpation, self-justification]
verb
Exonerate by means of an alibi
Synonyms of 'alibi'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alibi out of,
- apologize for,
- apology,
- blind,
- cloak,
- color,
- cop-out,
- cover,
- cover story,
- cover with excuses,
- cover-up,
- device,
- excuse,
- explain,
- explanation,
- facade,
- feint,
- front,
- gloss,
- guise,
- handle,
- lame excuse,
- lie out of,
- likely story,
- locus standi,
- make apology for,
- mask,
- offer excuse for,
- ostensible motive,
- out,
- plea,
- plead ignorance,
- poor excuse,
- pretense,
- pretension,
- pretext,
- protestation,
- public motive,
- put-off,
- refuge,
- right,
- screen,
- semblance,
- sham,
- show,
- smoke screen,
- squirm out of,
- stalking-horse,
- stratagem,
- subterfuge,
- trick,
- varnish,
- veil,
- worm out of