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ALIBI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("alibi" is a kind of...):
defence; defense; vindication (the justification for some act or belief)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
alibi (exonerate by means of an alibi)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
Example:
his transparent self-justification was unacceptable
Synonyms:
alibi; exculpation; excuse; self-justification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("alibi" is a kind of...):
defence; defense; vindication (the justification for some act or belief)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alibi"):
extenuation; mitigation (a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances)
Derivation:
alibi (exonerate by means of an alibi)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exonerate by means of an alibi
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "alibi" is one way to...):
excuse; explain (serve as a reason or cause or justification of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
alibi ((law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question)
alibi (a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.)
