EXCULPATION

• (noun) the act of freeing from guilt or blame

• (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"

  synonyms : alibi , excuse , self-justification

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