recuse

verb[with oneself]5

1. •
   Of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare (oneself) unable to participate in a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.

   • The judge recused herself from that case, citing a possible conflict of interest as one of the parties was a personal friend.
2. •
   To reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.).

   • [T]he Quenys grace may alvvayes recuse & appell at her good pleasure & libertie, from vvhatsoever Decree or Sentence, either interlocutorie, or definitive, she vvil: […] — 1509
3. •
   (US, Canada) To object to (a judge, juror, or prosecutor) participating in a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
4. •
   (no longer used, rare) To dismiss (an appeal).
5. •
   (no longer used) To refuse (to do something).