Alibi

n. excuse; defense

v. offer an excuse; make an alibi; find a pretext

An alibi is the plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi. The Criminal Law Deskbook of Criminal Procedure states: "Alibi is different from all of the other defenses...it is based upon the premise that the defendant is truly innocent.". In the Latin language "alibi" means "somewhere else."
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Noun
1. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
(hypernym) defense, defence, vindication
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. 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"
(synonym) excuse, exculpation, self-justification
(hypernym) defense, defence, vindication
(hyponym) extenuation, mitigation
Verb
1. exonerate by means of an alibi
(hypernym) excuse, explain
(derivation) excuse, exculpation, self-justification

n. alibi, excuse; defense

n. alibi, excuse