a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.;
"he kept finding excuses to stay" "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job" "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"
the act of freeing from guilt or blame
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Whatever I write would be an appeal to her, an attempt to exculpate myself, even though such exculpation is not really possible.我所写的都还将会吸引她，或会变成我为自己的辩解，就算这些辩解也不大可能有用。
