A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
English: excuse, alibi, exculpation, self-justification
Bahasa: alasan
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alibi, craft, craftiness, cunning, equivocation
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Noun
A maneuver in a game or conversation
English: ploy, gambit, stratagem
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A false or unsupportable quality
English: pretension, pretense, pretence
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5 more noun senses
Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
English: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness
Bahasa: penipuan, licik, muslihat, kecerdikan, kelicikan, tipu daya, tipu muslihat
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A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
English: lie, prevarication
Bahasa: bohong, dusta, tipu, karut
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Something serving to conceal plans, a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
English: pretext, stalking-horse
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A statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
English: evasion, equivocation
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An answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
English: plea
Bahasa: alasan
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