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    alibi

    alibi - Dictionary definition and meaning for word alibi

    Definition
    (noun) (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question Definition
    (noun) a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
    Example Sentence
    • he kept finding excuses to stay
    • every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job
    • his transparent self-justification was unacceptable
    Definition
    (verb) exonerate by means of an alibi
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for alibi

Sounds like "are bhai" if pronounced by a child; Imagine a kid giving self-justification for something he broke or is accused of, and he says : Ali (are) + bi (Bhai) suno to, maine ye nai kia hai..

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