recourse

About 3.97 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of seeking assistance or advice.
2. noun Use (of someone or something) as a source of help in a difficult situation.
3. noun A coursing back, or coursing again; renewed course; return; retreat; recurrence.
4. noun Access; admittance.
5. verb To return; to recur.
6. verb To have recourse; to resort.
7. verb To recurse (execute a procedure recursively).

Similar words

refuge resort redress remedy repair remedial reparation access recipiency use

Often followed by

to is was against must in for but of

Word family

recourses