recuse
C1CEFR level
70/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
Law verb
To withdraw from a case because of a conflict or an appearance of bias.
The judge recused herself once she realised the lead witness was her former partner.
Business verb
To withdraw oneself from a decision because of a potential conflict of interest.
He recused himself from the vote since his brother-in-law owned the target company.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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