Noun
The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.
Source: Webster's dictionaryhe 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
The other situations move down the hierarchy of non-fatal and sexual assaults with society deciding whether, and in what circumstances, to offer an excuse or exculpation to those who freely participate. Source: Internet
Schultz-Hencke also took the opportunity in 1934 to criticize psychoanalysis for providing an unfortunate tendency toward the exculpation of the criminal." Source: Internet