recourse

Noun

Synonyms: resort refuge

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

act of turning to for assistance“have recourse to the courts”“an appeal to his uncle was his last resort”Synonyms: resort refuge
something or someone turned to for assistance or security“his only recourse was the police”“took refuge in lying”Synonyms: refuge resort

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Recourse \Re*course"\, v. i.

1.To return; to recur. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

The flame departing and recoursing.— Foxe.[1913 Webster]

2.To have recourse; to resort. [Obs.] --Bp. Hacket. [1913 Webster]

Recourse \Re*course"\ (r?*k?rs"), n. [F. recours, L. recursus a running back, return, fr. recurrere, recursum, to run back. See Recur.]

1.A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence. [Obs.] "Swift recourse of flushing blood." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Unto my first I will have my recourse.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

Preventive physic . . . preventeth sickness in the healthy, or the recourse thereof in the valetudinary.— Sir T. Browne.[1913 Webster]

2.Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or application for aid; resort. [1913 Webster]

Thus died this great peer, in a time of great recourse unto him and dependence upon him.— Sir H. Wotton.[1913 Webster]

Our last recourse is therefore to our art.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

3.Access; admittance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Give me recourse to him.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Without recourse (Commerce), words sometimes added to the indorsement of a negotiable instrument to protect the indorser from liability to the indorsee and subsequent holders. It is a restricted indorsement. [1913 Webster]