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RECOURSE definition: 1. using something or someone as a way of getting help, especially in a difficult or dangerous…. Learn more.
using something or someone as a way of getting help, especially in a difficult or dangerous situation: It is hoped that the dispute will be settled without recourse to litigation. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Helping and co-operating. abet. accommodative. any port in a storm idiom. assist with something. attend. bridge. carry.
1. a. : a turning to someone or something for help or protection. settled the matter without recourse to law. b. : a source of help or strength : resort. had no recourse left. 2. : the right to demand payment from the maker or endorser of a negotiable instrument (such as a check) Synonyms. expedient. resort. resource.
noun. 1. a turning or seeking for aid, safety, etc. to have recourse to the law. 2. that to which one turns seeking aid, safety, etc.
someone or something that can help you in a difficult situation: For many cancer patients, surgery is the only recourse. They solved their problem without recourse to (= without using) violence. (Definition of recourse from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of recourse. in Chinese (Traditional)
Recourse definition: access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection. See examples of RECOURSE used in a sentence.
noun. /rɪˈkɔːs/ /ˈriːkɔːrs/ [uncountable] (formal) the fact of having to, or being able to, use something that can provide help in a difficult situation. Your only recourse is legal action. recourse to something The government, when necessary, has recourse to the armed forces.
Recourse is a source of help. If you're failing trigonometry in spite of studying until your brain hurts, you may have no recourse but to hire a tutor. Recourse comes from the Latin word recursus, meaning “to run back or retreat.”
n. 1. The act or an instance of turning to or making use of a person or thing for aid or in an effort to achieve something: have recourse to the courts. 2. One that is turned to or made use of for aid or security: His only recourse was the police. 3.
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