Recourse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or an instance of turning or applying to a person or thing for aid or security: have recourse to the courts.
  • n. One that is turned or applied to for aid or security: His only recourse was the police.
  • n. Law The right to demand payment from the endorser of a commercial paper when the first party liable fails to pay.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of seeking assistance or advice.
  • v. To return; to recur.
  • v. To have recourse; to resort.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence.
  • n. Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or application for aid; resort.
  • n. Access; admittance.
  • verb-intransitive. To return; to recur.
  • verb-intransitive. To have recourse; to resort.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Resort for help or protection, as when in difficulty or perplexity.
  • n. Resort; customary visitation or communication.
  • n. Access; admittance.
  • n. Return; new attack; recurrence.
  • n. Repeated course; frequent flowing.
  • n. In Scots law, the right of an assignee or disponee under the warrandice of the transaction to recur on the vendor or cedent for relief in case of eviction or of defects inferring warrandice.
  • To return; recur.
  • To have recourse.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. something or someone turned to for assistance or security
  • n. act of turning to for assistance
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    help    assistance    assist    aid   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    return    retreat    recurence    resort    access    admittance    recur    application   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    redress    vomit