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| reply(noun, verb, feeling, pass, return) | |
| answer(noun, verb, feeling, pass, settle) | |
| return(noun, verb, get, fix, feeling) | |
| rejoinder(noun, feeling, return, sign, report) | |
| response(noun, feeling, return, sign, report) | |
| defense(noun, return, sign, report, reason) | |
| cover(noun, verb, reason, defend) | |
| excuse(noun, return, reason, argument, answer) | |
| alibi(noun, reason, argument, excuse) | |
| argument(noun, return, defense, justification) | |
| justification(noun, return, sign, report, reason) | |
| apologetics(noun, return, argument, justification) | |
| apologia(noun, return, argument, justification) | |
| apologizing(noun, return, argument, justification) | |
| apology(noun, return, argument, justification) | |
| cleanup(noun, return, argument, justification) | |
| copout(noun, return, argument, justification) | |
| exculpation(noun, return, argument, justification) | |
| excusing(noun, return, argument, justification) | |
| exoneration(noun, return, argument, justification) |
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