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Recuse
/ɹɪˈkjuːz/
To refuse or reject (a judge); to declare that the judge shall not try the case or is disqualified from acting.
📖 Definitions of "Recuse"
- 1
To refuse or reject (a judge); to declare that the judge shall not try the case or is disqualified from acting.
"The judge recused herself from that case, citing a possible conflict of interest."
- 2
(of a judge) To refuse to act as a judge; to declare oneself disqualified from acting.
"The judge recused from the case, citing a possible conflict of interest."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Recuse"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| repudiateverb | (transitive) To reject the truth or validity of; to deny. |
| rejectverb | (transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear. |
| retireverb | (intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness. |
| dismissverb | (transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of. |
| withdrawverb | (transitive) To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation. |
| refuteverb | (transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect. |
| challengeverb | (transitive) To invite (someone) to take part in a competition. |
| unrecuseverb | to undo one's recusal |
| recludeverb | (transitive or reflexive) To seclude, cut off from the community, the world etc. |
| repulsenoun | The act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed. |
| refusenoun | Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage. |
| recantverb | (ambitransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly. |
| relegateverb | Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority. |
| retractverb | (transitive) To pull (something) back or back inside. |
| retractateverb | (obsolete) To retract; to recant. |
| reculenoun | (obsolete) To recoil or retreat; to draw back. |
| respuateverb | (obsolete, rare) To refuse or reject. |
| inhibitverb | (transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain. |
| renaynoun | (obsolete, transitive) To renounce (one’s faith or god), to apostasize from. |
| refudiateverb | (nonstandard) To repudiate, to oppose. |
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