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- Thesaurus|96
- Abbreviations|1
61 entries under excuse topic. ×
| fish story(noun, expression, reason, trick) | |
| jive(noun, reason, trick, explanation) | |
| justification(noun, reason, trick, explanation) | |
| makeshift(noun, reason, trick, explanation) | |
| masquerade(noun, cause, con, pretense) | |
| mitigation(noun, reason, trick, explanation) | |
| ploy(noun, cause, con, pretense) | |
| rationalization(noun, reason, trick, explanation) | |
| reason(noun, trick, explanation, dodge) | |
| red herring(noun, expression, cause, con) | |
| regrets(noun, reason, trick, explanation) | |
| ruse(noun, cause, con, dodge) | |
| shift(noun, reason, trick, explanation) | |
| simulation(noun, cause, con, pretense) | |
| song(noun, reason, trick, explanation) | |
| stopgap(noun, reason, trick, explanation) | |
| story(noun, reason, trick, explanation) | |
| substitute(noun, reason, trick, explanation) | |
| vindication(noun, reason, trick, explanation) | |
| whitewash(noun, reason, explanation, dodge) |
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