recourse

Meanings

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

1. To return; to recur.
2. To have recourse; to resort.
3. To recurse (execute a procedure recursively).

Etymology

From Middle English recours (noun) and recoursen (verb), from Old French recours, from Latin recursus, past participle of recurrō.