different between recuse vs withdraw

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.

English

Etymology

From Middle English withdrawen (“to draw away, draw back”), from with- (“away, back”) + drawen (“to draw”). More at with-, draw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?ð?d???/, /w???d???/
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

withdraw (third-person singular simple present withdraws, present participle withdrawing, simple past withdrew, past participle withdrawn)

1. (transitive) To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything.

2. (intransitive) To stop talking to, or interacting with, other people and start thinking thoughts that are not related to what is happening around.
3. (transitive) To take back (a comment, etc); retract.

   to withdraw false charges

4. (transitive) To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc); to take out of service.
5. (transitive) To extract (money from an account).
6. (intransitive) To retreat.
7. (intransitive) To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc. [from 20th c.]
   • 1994, Edward St Aubyn, Bad News, Picador 2006, p. 201:

     Simon had tried to rob a bank while he was withdrawing, but he had been forced to surrender to the police after they had fired several volleys at him.

Synonyms

• (take back): recant, unsay; See also Thesaurus:recant

Translations

References

• “withdraw”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.