recuse

Meanings

Verb

disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case
challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law
To reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.).
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.
To reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.).
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.
To reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.).
To refuse (to do something).
To dismiss (an appeal).
Of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare oneself disqualified from trying a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

inhibit

Scrabble Score: 8

recuse is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
recuse is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
recuse is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

recuse is a valid Words With Friends word