recuse
verb /rɪˈkjuːz/
/rɪˈkjuːz/
(especially North American English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they recuse | /rɪˈkjuːz/ /rɪˈkjuːz/ |
| he / she / it recuses | /rɪˈkjuːzɪz/ /rɪˈkjuːzɪz/ |
| past simple recused | /rɪˈkjuːzd/ /rɪˈkjuːzd/ |
| past participle recused | /rɪˈkjuːzd/ /rɪˈkjuːzd/ |
| -ing form recusing | /rɪˈkjuːzɪŋ/ /rɪˈkjuːzɪŋ/ |
- recuse somebody/yourself (from something) to excuse a judge, lawyer or member of a jury from a case in court because they may not be able to act fairly
- The judge recused himself from the case because he knew a member of the family.