Alibi - Definition
alibi
n 1: (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show
that he or she could not have committed the crime in
question
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" [syn: excuse, alibi,
exculpation, self-justification]
v 1: exonerate by means of an alibi