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recourse

noun as in alternative

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Example Sentences

What recourse would they have to prove that they should be eligible for release?

I know that it might get nowhere, but this is my only recourse.

Had the board decided to give Eich a few weeks to prove himself, those who disagreed would have had no recourse.

They, according to one juror, who spoke to Nightline, believed Dunn had no recourse but to shoot.

However well-intentioned, we are not sure that this bill would be the most effective means of recourse.

The men, whose poniards his sword parried, had recourse to fire-arms, and two pistols were fired at him.

To such persons does he open the doors to pay them, while they are shut on the wretched owners without recourse.

Then we blotted out the fire, and, stretching ourselves on the ground, had recourse to the solace of tobacco.

No other remedy remained but the application of force, and convinced of this, it had recourse to revolution.

When we wish to regulate the admission of light to our rooms we have recourse to very clumsy contrivances.

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On this page you'll find 45 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to recourse, such as: remedy, aid, appeal, choice, expediency, and expedient.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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