simple past tense and past participle of recuse

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of recuse

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

Refusing; denying; negative.

present participle of recuse

plural of recusation

(historical) Someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries. / Anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation.

pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy

Obstinate refusal or opposition. / The state of being a recusant; nonconformity.

plural of recusant