Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb recuse

2 senses of recuse

Sense 1
recuse -- (disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case)
       => disqualify -- (declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete")

Sense 2
recuse -- (challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law)
       => reject -- (refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper")