| reply(noun, reason, case, account, explanation) |
| retort(noun, reason, case, account, explanation) |
| right(noun, action, claim, statement, excuse) |
| simulation(noun, cause, con, excuse, pretense) |
| skirting(dodging, elusion) |
| song(noun, reason, trick, explanation, excuse) |
| statement(noun, cover, reason, case, claim) |
| stopgap(noun, reason, trick, explanation, excuse) |
| stratagem(noun, cause, con, excuse, pretense) |
| substitute(noun, reason, trick, explanation, excuse) |
| tergiversation(noun, equivocation, dissimulation, transposition, castling) |
| veil(noun, cause, con, excuse, pretense) |
| way around(noun, expression, excuse, dodge, evasion) |
| way out |
| why and wherefore(noun, expression, idiom, reason, trick) |