n. 1 spa, retreat, Chiefly Brit watering-place We go to a lovely resort in the Alps every summer 2 resource, backup, reserve, refuge, place to turn, alternative, remedy He will see a doctor only as a last resort
v. 3 resort to. have recourse to, turn to, look to, fall back on, repair to, take to, frequent, patronize, attend; visit, haunt, hang out in I have to resort to father for a small loan She was said to be resorting to the lowest dens in the Casbah.