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Defendants Mainstay Crossword Clue

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noun

• (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question

• a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

verb

• exonerate by means of an alibi

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noun

• a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

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noun

• the property of being central

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