Alibi

Noun

 * 1)  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.

Verb

 * 1) To provide an alibi for.
 * 2) To provide an excuse for.

Adjectives for Alibi
dubious; unquestioned; plausible; unbreakable; incontestable; air-tight; fantastic; faked; unprovable; admirable.

Verbs for Alibi
allege; build; concoct; dispense with; establish; fabricate; furnish; introduce; manufacture; offer; perjure; pose; prove; regard; resort to; scrutinize; set up; snarl; substantiate; support; tender; verify; acquits; bewilders; confounds; disconcerts; proves.

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

Etymology
alibi:.

Derived terms

 * watertight alibi