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Original entry ↗noun
The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed. · An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo provide an alibi for. · To provide an excuse for.
From the 18th century, from Latin alibī (“elsewhere, at another place”, adverb). Probably after French alibi, which has this use since the late 14th century.
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