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The fallback you hope to never need but always check exists first.
means A source of help or a course of action you can turn to when things go wrong, especially a way to get relief or correction.
from From French recours, tracing back to Latin recursus — 'a running back' — built from re- ('back') plus currere ('to run'), the same root that gives us 'current' and 'course.' The idea is literally of running back to something for help, like retreating to a safe position you know is there.
- legal sense
- right to demand payment or remedy when things fail
- finance term
- recourse loans let lenders chase you, not just collateral
- etymology
- from latin recursus, literally a running back
- last resort
- the word itself implies everything else already failed