Related Clues:

• Justification for some act
• It brings about an effect
• Capacity for rational thought
• Cause or logic
• A movement or charity- usually good
• Pardon, or release from obligation
• Motive or explanation
• Evidence from the accused
• Defence against accusation - was somewhere else
• For what reason?
• Defence of being somewhere else at the time of a crime
• Resistance to attack
• Cause or motive
• Defence against accusation - was seen elsewhere at the time
• Sanity, the ability to think