Meanings
plural recusations
- countableuncountablelawThe act of disqualifying a judge or jury in a specific case on the grounds of possible partiality or prejudice.
[…]permit a man to refuse a judge, if he himself is of opinion he has any cause, without assigning what that cause is, is therefore in general very silent about what sort of consanguinity is, or is not, a good ground for recusation
1750, William Blackstone, An Essay on Collateral Consanguinity - countableobsoleteuncountableA refusal.
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinrecusatio, recusationis
- Englishrecusation
Borrowed from Latin recusatio, recusationis. Compare French récusation.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan recusació
- recusaciórecusal
Chinese Mandarin 迴避 /回避
- 迴避 /回避 (huíbì)recusal
Italian ricusazione
- ricusazionerecusal
Spanish recusación
- recusaciónrecusal
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Cite this entry
recusation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recusation
“recusation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recusation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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