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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.;
- Example: "he kept finding excuses to stay"
- Example: "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"
- Example: "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"
[syn: excuse, alibi, exculpation, self-justification]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

self-justification
    n 1: 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]