noun
recourse
rih-KAWS
noun
1
An option to turn to for help, especially when other options have failed.
"Without insurance, she had no recourse but to pay for the repairs herself."
"Legal recourse is available if the contract is breached."
How to Use Recourse
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA way of getting help or fixing a problem when you're stuck.
Common pairings
have recourse to
legal recourse
without recourse
Word Forms
recoursed past tense, recourses plural, recourses singular
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Etymology
From Old French recours, from Latin recursus ("a running back").