recourse

Meanings

Noun

• The act of seeking assistance or advice.
• The use of (someone or something) as a source of help in a difficult situation.
• A coursing back, or coursing again; renewed course; return; retreat; recurrence.
• Access; admittance.

Verb

• To return; to recur.
• To have recourse; to resort.

Origin

• From Middle English recours and recoursen, from Old French recours, from Latin recursus, past participle of recurrō.