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recuse
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb recuse has 2 senses
- recuse(v = verb.communication) Array - disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case; Array is one way to disqualify
- recuse(v = verb.cognition) Array - challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law; Array is one way to reject
Derived forms noun recusal1, adjective recusant2, noun recusation1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derived form noun recusation2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
recuse, v. t. [F. récuser, or L. recusare. See Recusant.].
To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause. Sir K. Digby. [1913 Webster]
recuse, v. i.
To withdraw oneself from serving as a judge or other decision-maker in order to avoid a real or apparent conflict of interest; -- often used with the reflexive; as, the judge recused himself due to a financial interest in the matter. [PJC]
ROGET THESAURUS
recuse
Negation
VB deny, contradict, contravene, controvert, give denial to, gainsay, negative, shake the head, disown, disaffirm, disclaim, disavow, recant, revoke, dispute, impugn, traverse, rebut, join issue upon, bring in question, call in question, give the lie in his throat, give one the lie in his throat, deny flatly, deny peremptorily, deny emphatically, deny absolutely, deny wholly, deny entirely, give the lie to, belie, repudiate, set aside, ignore, rebut, qualify, refuse, recuse.
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