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stand by

Main Entry:
recourse [ree-kawrs, -kohrs, ri-kawrs, -kohrs]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: alternative
Synonyms: aid, appeal, choice, expediency, expedient, help, makeshift, option, refuge, remedy, resort, resource, shift, stand-by, stopgap, substitute, support, way out
Notes: recourse refers to turning to someone or something for help; resort is something you turn to after all other options have failed (and as a verb means to have recourse!)
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Main Entry: help
Part of Speech: noun, verb
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Adjectives:
adjutorious, adjuvant, ancillary, at one's beck, auxiliary, cataskeuastic, coadjuvant, favorable, friendly, helpful, ministrant, neighborly, obliging, propitious, subservient, subsidiary, succursal, well
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