A new word for me - recuse
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (348960)
Rockingham, Australia
March 22, 2025 6:50pm CST
The photo has nothing to do with the post. It’s Vince sitting on a lot up the hill from our house-sit and trying to get a phone signal.
I learnt a new word today. The chief of Australia’s National Anti-Corruption Commission has come under fire for failing to ‘recuse’ himself from matters where there might be a conflict of interest.
I found several definitions of the word ‘recuse’. It can mean to remove oneself temporarily from a position of judicial authority where there is a conflict of authority. It can also be used if someone is removed, say a jury member or judge, if they are deemed to have a connection with the case.
So a new word for me today.
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@1creekgirl (43027)
• United States
23 Mar
Seems like we've heard that here recently in the news.
Tell Vince that's a cool photo!
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@DaddyEvil (144043)
• United States
23 Mar
I know the word. I've spent too much time in courts during my life. (I've been divorced twice and helped two different attorneys with family court cases. And no, the cases didn't have anything to do with me or Pretty.)
Vince is looking happy and healthy in the photo. 
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@DaddyEvil (144043)
• United States
23 Mar
@JudyEv I understand about that. I didn't have surgery and get tired easily if we do a lot of walking or carry in all the groceries when we go shopping. I had to ask Pretty to start helping me carry everything in from the car. I felt like I was going to pass out the last time I carried everything in.
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@JudyEv (348960)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Mar
@DaddyEvil Maybe he'll improve more as time goes by. We just have to stop for a few minutes mostly, for him to get his breath back then we can go on. He doesn't get close to passing out. I hope you stop well before that point. 
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@snowy22315 (186912)
• United States
23 Mar
I know that word mostly because I watch Court TV alot.
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@snowy22315 (186912)
• United States
23 Mar
@JudyEv Well honestly the US is such a litigious society that word seems to come up fairly often
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@JudyEv (348960)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Mar
@snowy22315 That was a common perception we had of Americans - that they'd sue at the drop of a hat. 
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@RebeccasFarm (93068)
• United States
10h
Not new to me..they recuse jurors here all the time.
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@Deepizzaguy (107968)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
24 Mar
I like to learn new words myself.
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@MarieCoyle (41957)
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23 Mar
I have heard it used before, but not for some time. It's always good to learn new words!
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@JudyEv (348960)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Mar
@MarieCoyle Exactly and if you don't use it, or get the chance to use it, then it's quickly forgotten.
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@MarieCoyle (41957)
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24 Mar
@JudyEv
I know what you mean. You learned it, but to others it may be an unknown word, so you find yourself not using it to avoid the explanation that would have to follow! 
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@BarBaraPrz (49034)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
23 Mar
Yup, that's what it means...
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@Orson_Kart (7147)
• United Kingdom
11h
It’s a new word to me too. I follow Susie Dent, a lexicographer for the OED, who also appears on the long-running show - Countdown, and she has a “word of the day”. Today’s word of the day is “ingordigiousness”: extreme greed at the expensive of principles. I’m struggling to even pronounce it. I prefer yours! 
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@JudyEv (348960)
• Rockingham, Australia
11h
That's certainly a strange word. I'm battling to pronouce it too. I'm talking about 'ingordigiousness' of course. lol
@wolfgirl569 (113485)
• Marion, Ohio
23 Mar
We hear that one a lot anymore here.
Vince looks happy.
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@wolfgirl569 (113485)
• Marion, Ohio
23 Mar
@JudyEv I am sure it happens fairly often. But if it's not a big case you wouldn't hear about it. With everything happening here we have heard it a lot. Especially saying a judge should recuse themselves
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@Marilynda1225 (84105)
• United States
24 Mar
That's a really nice picture of Vince. He really looks good and glad he's doing so well.
I'm familiar with the word recuse probably because I love watching court tv shows and there's always some conflict pertaining to the case being tried.
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@GardenGerty (162762)
• United States
23 Mar
That one is not new to me. Judges seem to have to frequently recuse themselves in the US. I think of it as kind of a legal arena "excuse" themselves. Probably has the same Latin origins.
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@JudyEv (348960)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Mar
There are various sites giving the difference between 'excuse' and 'recuse'. I'm a bit surprised I haven't come across it before.
@allknowing (142676)
• India
24 Mar
Not new to me as I often read about judges here recusing themselves in cases where they have no interest or may not be in the best interest of those involved.
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@FourWalls (72624)
• United States
23 Mar
We hear that a lot in America because of so many judges (allegedly or in reality) on the take.
Great photo! I’d much rather recuse myself from the news and sit on a log. 
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@RasmaSandra (83324)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Mar
For me too I have never heard this word before,
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@andriaperry (118553)
• Anniston, Alabama
23 Mar
I would probably say excuse myself. Thanks a new word to use on the kids at work
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