resort
A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
Other meanings
Recourse, refuge something or someone turned to for safety.
“to have resort to violence”
A subdivision of Suriname; a division of the country's districts.
Example sentences
Word history
From Old French "resortir" (to fall back, return, resort, have recourse, appeal).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “resort” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.