Synonyms for recuse
rɪˈkyuzre·cuse

Princeton's WordNet

1. recuseverb

   disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case

2. recuseverb

   challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law

Matched Categories

1. • Disqualify
   • Law
   • Reject

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1. Charles Kushner:

   Why are you coming to Florida for the day ? I don't need you there. Stay here, there was no reason for Sessions to recuse himself, and this is going to unleash a disaster.

2. Paul Ryan:

   I was the first Republican to call for the attorney general to recuse himself.

3. Donald Trump:

   Jeff Sessions takes the job, gets into the job, recuses himself, which frankly I think is very unfair to the President, how do you take a job and then recuse yourself. ... It's extremely unfair -- and that's a mild word -- to the President.

4. Kevin Hassett:

   That's exactly how it works for every single nominee, is that there's an intent to nominate and then people fill out their forms, and then they decide, you know, whether they want to move forward after they look at what they have to recuse themselves from and so on and then the nomination officially goes to the Senate.

5. James Thurber:

   She can't recuse herself [if she becomes president], whether it influences her decision making is questionable, but it is a legitimate thing to focus on by her political opposition.