Recuse vs. Excuse
Recuseverb
(transitive) To refuse or reject (a judge); to declare that the judge shall not try the case or is disqualified from acting.
Recuseverb
To refuse to act as a judge; to declare oneself disqualified from acting.
Recuseverb
To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause.
Recuseverb
To withdraw oneself from serving as a judge or other decision-maker in order to avoid a real or apparent conflict of interest; - often used with the reflexive; as, the judge recused himself due to a financial interest in the matter.
Recuseverb
disqualify oneself (as a judge, for example) in a particular case
Recuseverb
challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law
Excuseverb
(transitive) To forgive; to pardon.
Excuseverb
(transitive) To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.
Excuseverb
(transitive) To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.
Excuseverb
To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
Excusenoun
Explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.
Excusenoun
(legal) A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts.
Excusenoun
, poor or lame}} An example of something that is substandard or of inferior quality.
Excuseverb
To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit.
Excuseverb
To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook; as, we excuse irregular conduct, when extraordinary circumstances appear to justify it.
Excuseverb
To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon.
Excuseverb
To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by favor; not to exact; as, to excuse a forfeiture.
Excuseverb
To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
Excusenoun
The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation.
Excusenoun
That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment; apology; as, an excuse for neglect of duty; excuses for delay of payment.
Excusenoun
That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault.
Excusenoun
a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.;
Excusenoun
a note explaining an absence;
Excusenoun
a poor example;
Excuseverb
accept an excuse for;
Excuseverb
grant exemption or release to;
Excuseverb
serve as a reason or cause or justification of;
Excuseverb
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning;
Excuseverb
ask for permission to be released from an engagement
Excuseverb
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with;
Excuse
In jurisprudence, an excuse is a defense to criminal charges that is distinct from an exculpation. Justification and excuse are different defenses in a criminal case (See Justification and excuse).
