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Recusation

Refusal.

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Disqualification 76% connected

The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holdin…

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Objection 76% connected

The act of objecting; as, to prevent agreement, or action, by objection.

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Recuse 74% connected

To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Recuse 74% connected

To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause.

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a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action

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Presumption noun · 86% connection

(law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed

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Principle noun · 86% connection

(law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature);…

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Rationale noun · 86% connection

(law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature);…

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Caveat noun · 85% connection

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Discovery noun · 85% connection

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Interest noun · 85% connection

(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake…

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Sign noun · 85% connection

(medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease; "there were no signs of asphyxiation"

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(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake…

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(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

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Bar noun · 85% connection

the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"

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Prevention noun · 85% connection

the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"

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Deduction noun · 85% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

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Entailment noun · 85% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

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Illation noun · 85% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Implication noun · 85% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

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Inference noun · 85% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Evidence noun · 85% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Accismus noun · 78% connection

Affected refusal; coyness.

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Bolt verb · 78% connection

A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.

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Contumacy noun · 78% connection

A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court w…

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Declension noun · 78% connection

Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination.

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Declination noun · 78% connection

The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal; refusal; averseness.

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Declinatory adjective · 78% connection

Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence.

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Denay noun · 78% connection

Denial; refusal.

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Denial noun · 78% connection

A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a con…

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Disallowance noun · 78% connection

The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection.

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Disbelief noun · 78% connection

The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; ref…

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Discompliance noun · 78% connection

Failure or refusal to comply; noncompliance.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: refusal.
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Disobedience noun · 78% connection

Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.

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