49 entries under excuse topic. ×
| stratagem(noun, art, craft, cause, plan) | |
| ploy(noun, action, cause, catch, fake) | |
| subterfuge(noun, art, craft, action, cause) | |
| device(noun, cause, plan, catch, fake) | |
| pretext(noun, cause, reason, slip, trick) | |
| feint(noun, cause, catch, fake, trick) | |
| cover(cause, trick, sham, con) | |
| expedient(plan, trick, dodge, plot) | |
| evasion(noun, trick, escape, sham, cunning) | |
| front(cause, deception, con, pretense) | |
| bluff(noun, cause, fake, trick, skill) | |
| red herring(expression, cause, con, pretense) | |
| stall(noun, cause, trick, shift, escape) | |
| con(noun, action, cause, plan, play) | |
| affectation(cause, trick, sham, con) | |
| appearance(cause, trick, sham, con) | |
| circumvention(escape, dodge, avoidance, evasion) | |
| cloak(cause, trick, deception, sham, con) | |
| color(cause, deception, con, pretense) | |
| cop-out(noun, cause, slip, shift, escape) |
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