alibi

Speech parts

1. alibi - Noun

2. alibi - Verb

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

excuse exculpation self-justification dal out case cause reason account vindication cover claim defense argument explain

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Antonyms

include attack charge opposition request challenge

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Hypernyms

vindication defense explain defence excuse

Hyponyms

mitigation extenuation

Phrases with the word

et alibi false alibi give alibi give an alibi for

Anagrams

libia

Examples

he kept finding excuses to stay Source: Internet

every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job Source: Internet

his transparent self-justification was unacceptable Source: Internet

Ambassador Henderson, who had long advocated concessions to Germany, recognized that here was a deliberately conceived alibi the German government had prepared for a war it was determined to start. Source: Internet

Afterward it was discovered that Gonzalez was unarmed, and that he had a reliable alibi for the time of the murder. Source: Internet

Nobody to corroborate my alibi? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Alibamu Alibert-Bazin syndrome Aliberti alibi copy Alibi Ike alibiless