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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An act of recusing; removing oneself from a decision/judgment because of a conflict of interest. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   (law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or judges can disqualify themselves wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

inhibitionrecusationrecusation

Etymology

From recuse + -al.

Related phrases

conflict of interest

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