different between disqualify vs recuse

English

Etymology

From dis- +? qualify

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?kw?l?fa?/

Verb

disqualify (third-person singular simple present disqualifies, present participle disqualifying, simple past and past participle disqualified)

1. (transitive) To make ineligible for something.

   My age disqualifies me for the position.

2. (transitive) To exclude from consideration by the explicit revocation of a previous qualification.

   The athlete was disqualified after performance-enhancing drugs were found in his hotel room.

Related terms

• disqualification

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English recusen, from Old French recuser, from Latin rec?s?, rec?s?re (“I refuse, decline; I object to; I protest”). The word ruse is possibly related to the aforementioned. See recusant. See more at cause, accuse, excuse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???kju?z/

Verb

recuse (third-person singular simple present recuses, present participle recusing, simple past and past participle recused)

1. (transitive) To refuse or reject (a judge); to declare that the judge shall not try the case or is disqualified from acting.

2. (intransitive, of a judge) To refuse to act as a judge; to declare oneself disqualified from acting.

Usage notes

• The usage examples mention a judge, however this is not limiting. A prosecuting or defending official (police or legal) can also recuse themselves or be recused for conflict of interest, as can a member of a jury.

Derived terms

• unrecuse

Related terms

• recusal
• recusant
• recusancy

Translations

Anagrams

• Creuse, Rescue, cereus, ceruse, cursee, rescue, secuer, secure

Portuguese

Verb

recuse

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of recusar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of recusar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of recusar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of recusar

Spanish

Verb

recuse

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of recusar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of recusar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of recusar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of recusar.