| fish tale(noun, expression, action, claim, excuse) |
| fudging(noun, slip, shift, escape, routine) |
| fugiviteness(noun, slip, shift, escape, routine) |
| fugivity(noun, slip, shift, escape, routine) |
| give-and-take |
| grounds(noun, cause, reason, trick, con) |
| impartiality |
| independence |
| jive(noun, reason, trick, shift, escape) |
| justification(noun, action, reason, trick, claim) |
| lie(noun, shift, escape, routine, cunning) |
| makeshift(noun, reason, trick, explanation, excuse) |
| mitigation(noun, action, reason, trick, claim) |
| mugwumpery |
| noninvolvement |
| obliqueness(noun, slip, shift, escape, routine) |
| plea(noun, cause, reason, trick, claim) |
| prevarication(noun, shift, escape, routine, cunning) |
| quibble(noun, slip, shift, escape, routine) |
| rationalization(noun, action, reason, trick, claim) |