1. Have recourse to
   "The government resorted to rationing meat";
   - fall back
    
2. Move, travel, or proceed toward some place
   "He resorted to his cabin in the woods";
   - repair

1. A place frequented for holidays or recreation
   "They spent their vacation at a beach resort"
    
2. A hotel located in a resort area
   "They spent their summer vacation at a holiday resort in the Maldives";
   - resort hotel, holiday resort
    
3. Something or someone turned to for assistance or security
   "his only resort was the police";
   - recourse, refuge
    
4. Act of turning to for assistance
   "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort";
   - recourse, appeal

Derived forms: resorts, resorting, resorted

Type of: aid, apply, assist, assistance, employ, go, help, hotel, locomote, move, resource, travel, use, utilise [Brit], utilize

Part of: playground, resort area, vacation spot

Encyclopedia: Resort, The