Associations to the word «Recourse»

Wiktionary

RECOURSE, noun. The act of seeking assistance or advice.
RECOURSE, noun. (obsolete) A coursing back, or coursing again; renewed course; return; retreat; recurrence.
RECOURSE, noun. (obsolete) Access; admittance.
RECOURSE, verb. (obsolete) To return; to recur.
RECOURSE, verb. (obsolete) To have recourse; to resort.

Dictionary definition

RECOURSE, noun. Act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort".
RECOURSE, noun. Something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying".

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis