| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. An explanation offered to justify an action or make it better understood: excuse, plea. See EXPLAIN. 2. A deceptive outward appearance: cloak, color, coloring, cover, disguise, disguisement, façade, face, false colors, front, gloss, guise, mask, masquerade, pretense, semblance, show, veil, veneer, window-dressing. Slang : put-on. See SHOW. 3. A professed rather than a real reason: pretense, pretension. See HONEST.
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