Synonyms for recourse
ˈri kɔrs, -koʊrs, rɪˈkɔrs, -ˈkoʊrsre·course

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1. recourse

   Synonyms:
   reference, aid, application, betaking, refuge

   Antonyms:
   avoidance, independence, omission, abstinence, dispensation, disuse

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1. recourse, resort, refugenoun

   act of turning to for assistance

   "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"

   Synonyms:
   repair, sanctuary, resort, stamping ground, asylum, hangout, holiday resort, refuge, resort hotel, haunt, safety

2. recourse, refuge, resortnoun

   something or someone turned to for assistance or security

   "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"

   Synonyms:
   repair, sanctuary, resort, stamping ground, asylum, holiday resort, hangout, refuge, resort hotel, haunt, safety

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1. • Aid
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1. recoursenoun

   Synonyms:
   resort

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1. List of paraphrases for "recourse":

   resort, appeal, remedies, remedy, resorting, use, redress, asylum, appeals, resource, reliance

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1. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka:

   On average, globally, women still have only three-quarters of the legal rights of men, and more than one billion have no recourse against violence or are restricted in their education or employment what is now being called economic violence.

2. Brianna Titone:

   Legally,( Geos residents) don't have any recourse to say that this developer has to build these homes in a way that they built the original homes ; the builder can do whatever they want, what I told them is that what we really need to do is bring this to the attention of people in other neighborhoods in Colorado and around the country that there's a community that has a plan that actually works.

3. Alexander Hamilton:

   If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense...

4. Maatje Benassi:

   It's really hard to hold him [ George Webb ] accountable, law enforcement will tell you that there's nothing that we can do about it because we have free speech in this country. Then they say,' Go talk to a civil attorney,' so we did. We talked to an attorney. You quickly realize that for folks like us, it's just too expensive to litigate something like this. We get no recourse from law enforcement. We get no recourse from the courts.

5. Whoopi Goldberg:

   I always thought that rape cases were open-ended, what we have learned is, there's no recourse for these women except what they're doing.