recuse

See also: récusé, récuse, and recusé

English

Etymology

From Middle English recusen, from Old French recuser, from Latin recūsō, recūsāre (“I refuse, decline; I object to; I protest”). The word ruse is possibly related to the aforementioned. See recusant. See more at cause, accuse, excuse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkjuːz/

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Verb

recuse (third-person singular simple present recuses, present participle recusing, simple past and past participle recused)

1. (transitive) 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. (intransitive, 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.

Usage notes

• The usage examples mention a judge, however this is not limiting. A prosecuting or defending official (police or legal) can also recuse themselves or be recused for conflict of interest, as can a member of a jury.

Derived terms

• unrecuse

Related terms

• recusal
• recusant
• recusancy

Translations

To refuse or reject

• Catalan: recusar (ca)
• Dutch: onbevoegd verklaren
• Finnish: jäävätä (fi)
• French: récuser (fr)

• German: wegen Befangenheit ablehnen
• Greek: εξαιρώ (el) (exairó)
• Russian: отводи́ть (ru) (otvodítʹ)
• Spanish: recusar (es)

To refuse to act as a judge; to declare oneself disqualified to act

• Dutch: recuseren
• Finnish: jäävätä itsensä, jääviytyä
• French: récuser (fr)
• German: sich für befangen erklären

• Greek: αυτοεξαιρούμαι (aftoexairoúmai)
• Persian: رفع صلاحیت کردن‎ (raf'-e salâhiyat kardan)
• Russian: отводиться (ru) (otvoditʹsja), отка́зываться (ru) (otkázyvatʹsja) от (ru) (ot) участия (ru) (učastija)

Anagrams

• Creuse, Rescue, cereus, ceruse, cursee, rescue, secuer, secure

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Portuguese

Verb

recuse

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of recusar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of recusar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of recusar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of recusar

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Spanish

Verb

recuse

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of recusar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of recusar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of recusar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of recusar.