recuse
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recuse
- /ɹɪˈkjuːz/ UK
- /ɹiˈkjuz/ US
- /ɹə-/ US
Rhymes with -uːz
Where it comes from
From Late Middle English recusen, from Old French recuser (modern French récuser (“to challenge; to impugn; (formal) to make an objection; (law) to recuse”), and from its etymon Latin recūsāre, the present active infinitive of recūsō (“to decline, refuse, reject; (law) to object to, protest”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’, denoting opposition or reversal) + causa (“cause, reason; (law) case, claim; etc.”) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). Doublet of rouse and possibly ruse.
Cognates
* Catalan recusar
* French récuser
* Italian ricusare
* Old Occitan recuzar
* Portuguese recusar
* Spanish recusar
verb recuses · recusing · recused · recuse
- To reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.). And therfore, if ayenst this peticion any processe be made of any maner Juge spirituel or temporell, and soo the same John have wronge, thanne he provoketh and appelleth this cause directly to the rightwisness of god and to the liege lorde, ffor other juges in his matere he hath utterly suspecte, fo
- Of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare (oneself) unable to participate in a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality. The judge recused herself from that case, citing a possible conflict of interest as one of the parties was a personal friend.
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To object to (a judge, juror, or prosecutor) participating in a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
The ſaid [Nicholas] Fiott, likevviſe, recuſeth James Pipon, eſq; [as being a judge in the cause] ſeeing, that he knovvs that the ſaid Fiott is the perſon vvho is the cauſe that the ſaid Pipon hath been ſued by rigour of lavv, before the council, in order to oblige him to do juſtice to the poor conce
Similar: inhibit
- To refuse (to do something).
- To dismiss (an appeal). [N]otvvithſtanding that the ſaid Judges amply and ſufficiently declared, as vvell the ſincerity of their minds directly, juſtly to proceed vvithout favour, dread, affection, or partiality; […] yet ſhe nevertheleſs perſiſting in her former vvilfulneſs, and in her Appeal, vvhich alſo by the ſaid Judge
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verb to reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.)
| Español | recusar |
|---|---|
| Français | récuser |
| Deutsch | wegen Befangenheit ablehnen |
| Ελληνικά | εξαιρώ exairó |
| Русский | отводи́ть otvodítʹ |
verb (transitive, reflexive) of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare (oneself) unable to participate in a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of i
| Español | recusarse |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 迴避 /回避 huíbì |
| Français | récuser |
| Deutsch | sich für befangen erklären |
| Ελληνικά | αυτοεξαιρούμαι aftoexairoúmai |
| Русский | отводиться otvoditʹsja, отка́зываться от участия ot |
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@misc{recuse_2026,
title = {recuse},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/recuse},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
