reasonable excuse

collocation in English

meaningsofreasonableandexcuse

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reasonable
adjective
uk
/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/us
/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/
based on or using good judgment and therefore fair ...
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excuse
noun[C]
uk
/ɪkˈskjuːs/us
/ɪkˈskjuːs/
a reason that you give to explain why you did ...
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(Definition ofreasonableandexcusefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreasonable excuse

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Home supervision appeared to be least successful in respect of children referred for non-attendance at school withoutreasonableexcuse.
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We shall consider whether a "withoutreasonableexcuse" defence might be incorporated.
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Surely we will permit people to escape conviction for the breach of a parenting order when there is areasonableexcusefor their failure.
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Ifreasonableexcuseis to be liberally interpreted to cover cases of that kind, that meets my point.
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That was the purpose of the amendment, which adds the words: "unless in either case he has areasonableexcuse".
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So this question ofreasonableexcuseand justification is not an additional item.
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That seems to be "reasonableexcuse" and we all know what areasonableexcuseis.
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Those safeguards consist principally of the defence ofreasonableexcuseand the objectivity of the courts.
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Reasonableexcuseshould be provided for in the regulations.
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But for that recognition to come within the terms of areasonableexcusemakes a nonsense of trying to legislate in this way.
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He will therefore be best placed to identify circumstances which appear to him to overstep those for which there is areasonableexcuse.
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If the person concerned will be on holiday he will have areasonableexcusefor not being there.
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Obviously being in hospital would be areasonableexcuse, as the person could not be there at the time to make the objection.
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The amendments seek to prevent a penalty being charged for failing to obtain information where there is areasonableexcusefor the failure.
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This very simple and straightforward amendment provides that areasonableexcuseis an excuse.
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I turn to the provision of absence withoutreasonableexcuse, with which we are all familiar in local government; that is, six months.
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I appreciate, however, that there may be practical concerns about whether we would act reasonably and take into accountreasonableexcuse.
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I see the words "without lawful authority orreasonableexcuse".
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The alternative of the "reasonableexcuse" formulation seems therefore far more satisfactory.
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My noble friend has omitted to recall that on the first line of the page the words "reasonableexcuse" occur.
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