| fabrication(noun, fancy, fantasy, story, book) |
| falsity(noun, true) |
| misrepresentation(noun, fancy, line, true, fantasy) |
| overstatement(noun, fancy, line, lie, story) |
| alibi(noun, reason, trick, escape, argument) |
| big talk(noun, talk) |
| excuse(noun, return, reason, escape, argument) |
| flight of fancy(noun, expression, idiom, fancy, idea) |
| hot air |
| incredible story(noun, expression, lie, story, bunk) |
| tall talk(noun, exaggeration) |
| account(reason, explanation, excuse) |
| aggrandizement(fancy, line, exaggeration, embellishment, hyperbole) |
| answer(noun, return, reason, argument, explanation) |
| apologetics(noun, return, argument, explanation, justification) |
| apologia(noun, return, argument, explanation, justification) |
| apologizing(noun, return, argument, explanation, justification) |
| apology(noun, return, reason, trick, escape) |
| argument(noun, return, explanation, justification, plea) |
| blague |