recourse
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- noun
- /ˈriːkɔːrs/
- The citizen without wealth and connections has no recourse against abuses by the state.
- legal recourse
- recourse to the law
- the only recourse
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Watch on YouTubeAnd the courts won't be the kind of recourse that they once were.
- And the courts won't be the kind of recourse that they once were.
- And yet what's the one recourse we have to be able to fix them?
- The difficulty is not avoided by recourse to what is sometimes now called the moral sense.
- And this exhaustion and frustration will be compounded if you have little recourse to do anything about it.
- And that the thing that set it apart from the rest of the trust was that there was a sort of recourse to sort of treating their problems hormonally.
- In these cultural structures, there is often little recourse for those in narcissistically abusive relationships.
- When it is your in laws, you may still be enduring all of the abuse with none of the recourse.
- And so there's so many women who've endured so much and remained silent and kept going because there was no other recourse.
- Quick question, is there any recourse or accountability because of this obvious pay to play scheme with the Justice of the Supreme Court?
Examples
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Have we no legal recourse on this?
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There is no recourse, there's no human resources department, there's nobody there.
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Otherwise, I shall have no recourse but to remove you.
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What recourse do I have?
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"But if you have no faith in me, you still have another recourse: put your trust in God."
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We have no legal recourse.
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So here we have a scenario where my only recourse is simple.
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Surely there must be some legal recourse.
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We had a look at that permit, and we're trying to investigate if there was any legal recourse we could take to challenge that.
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When faced with an unfair decision, many people turn to legal recourse to seek justice.
Synonyms
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Turning to someone or something for help as a last option
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Etymology
The word recourse comes from the parts re- 'again' and course from an old word for 'run', giving the picture of 'running back' to someone. So recourse means turning to a person or thing again for help or protection in a difficult situation.