Word

recourse, n.
(recourses)
freq. cnt. 2

act of turning to for assistance
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

recourse refuge resort

sample sentences

"have recourse to the courts"
"an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

assistance, help, aid, assist

something or someone turned to for assistance or security
<noun.attribute>

recourse refuge resort

sample sentences

"his only recourse was the police"
"took refuge in lying"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

hyponym