alibi

alibi has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
• n.. 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"
• v.. exonerate by means of an alibi