casuist
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I feel only pity," concluded Stimson, "for the casuist who would dismiss the Nazi leaders because 'they were not warned it was a crime.'
From Time Magazine Archive
Beneath the glamorous raiment one can also glimpse the wily casuist who accepts the flimsiest excuse for invading France and courts his future wife knowing he has already won her as a spoil of war.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am but a poor casuist, Sir John, and I must refer you to Mr. Stanley for abler arguments than I can use.
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by Hannah More
Mr. Tallmadge's desire not to be interrupted in the act might have enlightened him as to its defensibility; but he was no casuist.
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Elizabeth Robins
Had poor Peter been—what he certainly was not—a most accomplished casuist, he might have been puzzled by the ingenious complexity of some of those embarrassments.
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
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