recuse

Recuse is defined as to withdraw from the decision making process because of personal interest or unfairness.

(verb)

An example of recuse is a judge being removed from a court case because she dated the defendant.

See recuse in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb recused, recusing

to disqualify or withdraw from a position of judging, as because of prejudice or personal interest

Origin: ME recusen < MFr recuser < L recusare: see recusant

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See recuse in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb re·cused, re·cus·ing, re·cus·es

To disqualify or seek to disqualify from participation in a decision on grounds such as prejudice or personal involvement.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English recusen

Origin: , from Old French recuser

Origin: , from Latin recūsāre

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + causa, cause

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