n06741305
| type | n |
| lex_filenum | 10 |
| def | a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. |
| examples | he kept finding excuses to stay every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job his transparent self-justification was unacceptable |
| Outgoing links | |
| Hypernym | defense, defence, vindication |
| Derivationally related form | alibi → alibi |
| Derivationally related form | excuse → excuse; excuse → excuse; excuse → excuse |
| Derivationally related form | excuse → excuse |
| Hyponym | extenuation, mitigation |
| Incoming links | |
| Hyponym | defense, defence, vindication |
| Hypernym | extenuation, mitigation |
| Derivationally related form | excuse → excuse; excuse → excuse; excuse → excuse |
| Derivationally related form | alibi → alibi |
| Derivationally related form | excuse → excuse |
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