access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection

to have recourse to the courts for justice.

a person or thing resorted to for help or protection.

the right to collect from a maker or endorser of a negotiable instrument. The endorser may add the words without recourse on the instrument, thereby transferring the instrument without assuming any liability.

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aid , appeal , choice , expediency , expedient , help , makeshift , option , refuge , remedy , resort , resource , shift , stand-by , stopgap , substitute , support , way outnotes:recourse refers to turning to someone or something for help; resort is something you turn to after all other options have failed (and as a verb means to have recourse!)