recourse

Meanings

Plural: recourses

Noun

• act of turning to for assistance
  • "have recourse to the courts"
• something or someone turned to for assistance or security
  • "his only recourse was the police"
• The act of seeking assistance or advice.
• The use of (someone or something) as a source of help in a difficult situation.
• A coursing back, or coursing again; renewed course; return; retreat; recurrence.
• Access; admittance.

Verb

• To return; to recur.
• To have recourse; to resort.

Synonyms

refuge, repeat, resort

Related Words

recur, recursion, recursive