recourse

/ˈri·kɔrs/, /-koʊrs/ n [U] fml

Definition

› a way of dealing with a difficult or unpleasant situation: If the company won’t pay me, the only recourse left to me is to sue them.

(Definition of recourse n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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