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noun ADJ. constant, frequent | limited | no other, only I have no other recourse than to inform the police. | direct The study of these creatures has been conducted without direct recourse to living specimens. | legal VERB + RECOURSE have The mother of an illegitimate child had no legal recourse to the father. | seek An order was made against which he sought recourse in the supreme court. | avoid Their system of dispute resolution avoids recourse to the courts. PREP. by ~ to people who deal with emotional pain by recourse to drugs and alcohol | without ~ to They tried to settle the dispute without recourse to the courts. | ~ against Citizens have learnt that they do have recourse against governments. | ~ to She often had recourse to her dictionary.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary