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