A reason explains something.
An
excuse is an attempt to provide a mitigating circumstance that seeks to lessen
the blame for something.
So
a ‘reasonable excuse’ would be mitigation that has a reason.
In
other words, a reasonable excuse is a reason.
So
why not just use the word ‘reason’, thus avoiding the bad connotations with the
word ‘excuse’?
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