Recuse vs Abstain - What's the difference?
recuse | abstain |
To refuse or reject (a judge ); to declare that the judge shall not try the case or is disqualified to act.
(of a judge) To refuse to act as a judge; to declare oneself disqualified to act.
(transitive, reflexive, obsolete) Keep or withhold oneself.
Refrain from (something); hold one's self aloof; to forbear or keep from doing, especially an indulgence of the passions or appetites.
* Who abstains from meat that is not gaunt? - Shakespeare, Richard II, II-i
(obsolete) Fast.
Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present.
* Not a few abstained from voting. -
(obsolete) Hinder; keep back; withhold.
* Whether he abstain men from marying [sic]. -
As verbs the difference between recuse and abstain
is that recuse is to refuse or reject (a judge); to declare that the judge shall not try the case or is disqualified to act while abstain is keep or withhold oneself.recuse
English
Verb
(recus)- The judge recused herself from that case, citing a possible conflict of interest.
- The judge recused from the case, citing a possible conflict of interest.