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alibi

noun

Reveal meaning and examples

An explanation that someone was elsewhere when an alleged act occurred; more broadly, an excuse.

In the mystery, a station photograph provides the traveler with an alibi.

Dictionary practice example.

An alibi in the fictional case places a dock worker at a live radio performance throughout the interval when the boathouse was burned.