Antonyms for recourse

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ree-kawrs, -kohrs, ri-kawrs, -kohrs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈri kɔrs, -koʊrs, rɪˈkɔrs, -ˈkoʊrs

Definition of recourse

Origin : late 14c., from Old French recours (13c.), from Latin recursus "a return, a retreat," literally "a running back, a going back," from stem of past participle of recurrere "run back, return" (see recur).

noun alternative

Example sentences :

So much the worse for him, if he has not recourse to their remedies.
Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire

When did a rheumatic ploughman have recourse to Bath or Buxton?
Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

I am grieved to be driven to have recourse to the following artifices.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

When once a man has recourse to reason and precision, there is an end of love.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

So, in this dilemma, I had recourse to a piece of jesuitry, of which I was not a little proud.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

Al. “Hud a phyd,” “The valour of the forward Elphin had recourse to wiles and stratagems.”
Extract from : « Y Gododin » by Aneurin

And one must have recourse to the physician in both instances.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

Whereupon the followers of Arius decided to have recourse to violence.
Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen

Can we suppose that he is ignorant of antiquity, and therefore has recourse to invention?
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

And I thought that I had better have recourse to the world of mind and seek there the truth of existence.
Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato

Synonyms for recourse

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