Qualities

Synonyms for recourse

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineQualities

something or someone turned to for assistance or security

His only recourse was the police.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

resort

Same sentence, swapped: His only resort was the police.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for recourse as it is used in the sentence above.

resourcefulness
assistance
aid

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