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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Alibi \Al"i*bi\, n. [L., elsewhere, at another place See {Alias}.] (Law) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}, {self-justification}] v : exonerate by means of an alibi
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