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self-justification

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Noun

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

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Synonyms:
excuse alibi exculpation

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