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noun (n)

• a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

  sebuah pembelaan terhadap beberapa serangan perilaku atau beberapa gagal menepati janji dll.

  Synonym:
  alibi, excuse, self-justification
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of freeing from guilt or blame

  tindakan membebaskan dari bersalah atau bersalah

  source: wordnet30
• The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.

  tindakan exculpating dari dugaan atau kesalahan jenayah; yang exculpates; maafkan.

  source: webster1913