Self-justification

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  self-justification
       n : 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" [syn: {excuse},
            {alibi}, {exculpation}]