Timeline for Is there a single, opposite word to “alibi”?
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| Mar 22, 2015 at 21:51 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/579762225570816000 | ||
| Mar 15, 2015 at 21:20 | vote | accept | Yoichi Oishi | ||
| Mar 15, 2015 at 7:32 | answer | added | Erik Kowal | timeline score: 1 | |
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| Mar 4, 2015 at 8:34 | comment | added | Yoichi Oishi | ＠JIｍRaynpolds. We have both “存在証明- Sonzai-shomei” meaning the proof of your being there” and ”不在証明-Fuzai-shomei ” meaning the proof of your not being there in Japanese, the latter of which I think corresponds to alibi, though both “Sonzai-shomei” and “Fuzai-shomei” aren’t necessarily associated with a crime scene, and can be applied to the innocuous scenes like dinner party. The difference of “存在証明” and “不在証明” is just the first one character, but the meaning is opposite. I’m curious to know if there is the English counterpart to “存在証明 - Sonzai-shomei.” in single or two words like "alibi". | |
| Mar 3, 2015 at 21:29 | vote | accept | Yoichi Oishi | ||
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| Mar 3, 2015 at 15:43 | comment | added | Jim Reynolds | "... prove that I was "there" at a dinner party last night, ..., or I want to show off a picture taken at a dinner show together with movie stars. 3. Was the dinner party the location where a crime was committed? Why are you talking about a dinner party as an example? It's an example of what? | |
| Mar 3, 2015 at 15:38 | comment | added | Jim Reynolds | If an alibi is evidence that a person was not at the location of a crime when it was committed, then the opposite of an alibi would be evidence that a person was at the location of a crime when it was committed. Are you asking if there is a single word which carries that meaning? The more I read your second paragraph, the less I understand what you're trying to ask: " proves that a person was in the place at the time of an event taking place regardless whether it's associated with or not?" 1. By event, do you mean crime? 2. regardless whether what is associated with what? | |
| Mar 3, 2015 at 14:26 | answer | added | sojourner | timeline score: -1 | |
| Mar 3, 2015 at 11:36 | history | edited | Yoichi Oishi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 3, 2015 at 11:24 | answer | added | anemone | timeline score: -1 | |
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| Mar 3, 2015 at 10:29 | comment | added | Jim Reynolds | The commonness of the expression "We can tie (or something or someone ties) him (or her) to the scene of the crime" suggests to me that there is probably no one-word equivalent. | |
| Mar 3, 2015 at 10:21 | answer | added | WS2 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 3, 2015 at 10:02 | history | edited | Yoichi Oishi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 3, 2015 at 9:40 | comment | added | anongoodnurse | @YoichiOishi - if you can prove your attendance at a dinner party to your wife, that is your alabi: an excuse usually intended to avert blame or punishment (as for failure or negligence.) | |
| Mar 3, 2015 at 9:28 | answer | added | Mari-Lou A | timeline score: 7 | |
| Mar 3, 2015 at 8:55 | comment | added | user66974 | Wouldn't alibi work both ways? Either to confirm that you were or were not at the dinner party? | |
| Mar 3, 2015 at 8:53 | answer | added | Brian Hitchcock | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 3, 2015 at 8:50 | comment | added | Dan Bron | @YoichiOishi Oh, so you want a doctor's note or your parking validated? ;) | |
| Mar 3, 2015 at 8:49 | comment | added | user66974 | @YoichiOishi - if the term you are looking for is not necessarily related to a crime scene, I think you should add that piece of information in your question!! | |
| Mar 3, 2015 at 8:47 | comment | added | Yoichi Oishi | @curiousdanni. Antonym isn't all adjectives. | |
| Mar 3, 2015 at 8:44 | comment | added | Yoichi Oishi | @Skimninge. No. I’m looking for a convenient single word to prove my presence at the place in question, but not necessarily limited to crime scene. For instance. I was at a dinner party. I need the evidence to prove that I was there to my wife, contrary to alibi. | |
| Mar 3, 2015 at 8:42 | answer | added | Dan Bron | timeline score: 6 | |
| Mar 3, 2015 at 8:36 | history | edited | Yoichi Oishi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 3, 2015 at 8:32 | comment | added | skymningen | Are you looking for something like red-handedness? dictionary.reference.com/browse/red-handedness | |
| Mar 3, 2015 at 8:28 | comment | added | curiousdannii | Why do you think a word like that would have an opposite? Generally only adjectives have opposites. | |
| Mar 3, 2015 at 8:26 | history | asked | Yoichi Oishi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |