casuist
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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 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
He was not a casuist, and, having no time for reflection, saw only one course open to him.
From The League of the Leopard by Harold Bindloss
Zeal of the Land Busy is a casuist of no mean ability, and is equal to the task of finding an exception to his own rule.
From The Gentle Reader by Samuel McChord Crothers
But the Protestant casuist never pretended to speak authoritatively; all he did was to give his reasons, and leave the decision to the conscience of his readers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
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