There will always be a legitimate excuse for not relaxing and having fun.

A legitimate excuse to skive, for once.

These may be legitimate concerns, but they are not legitimate excuses.

The opponent bears the burden of moving for relief from its failure to respond and providing a legitimate excuse for why it did not respond earlier.

The study indicated that 52 per cent routinely blamed heavy traffic or having overslept because those were seen as more legitimate excuses for arriving late than a sick nanny.