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Recuse

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

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Disqualify 76% connected

To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the purpose, state,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reject 76% connected

To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

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Recusant 74% connected

Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform to the establis…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Recusant 74% connected

Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform to the establis…

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Abjure verb · 78% connection

To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors.

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Antanaclasis noun · 78% connection

A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has a…

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Appeal verb · 78% connection

To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of…

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Believe verb · 78% connection

judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "…

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Bond noun · 78% connection

A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…

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Brief noun · 78% connection

A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into…

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Cadi noun · 78% connection

An inferior magistrate or judge among the Mohammedans, usually the judge of a town or village.

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Cartel noun · 78% connection

A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat.

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Compensation noun · 78% connection

An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description,…

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Conceive verb · 78% connection

judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "…

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Consider verb · 78% connection

judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "…

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Coom noun · 78% connection

Soot; coal dust; refuse matter, as the dirty grease which comes from axle boxes, or the refuse at the mouth of an oven.

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Dare noun · 78% connection

a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy; "he could never refuse a dare"

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Daring noun · 78% connection

a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy; "he could never refuse a dare"

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Decline verb · 78% connection

To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an of…

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Defy verb · 78% connection

To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.

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Deny verb · 78% connection

To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce.

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Dilatory plea noun · 78% connection

a plea that delays the action without settling the cause of action; it can challenge the jurisdiction or claim disability of the defen…

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