Definition of refuge

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Refuge (n.) Shelter or protection from danger or distress.

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Refugee :: Refugee (n.) Especially, one who, in times of persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign power or country for safety; as, the French refugees who left France after the revocation of the edict of Nantes..
Rendezvous :: Rendezvous (n.) Retreat; refuge.
Resort :: Resort (v.) That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge.
Sheet Anchor :: Sheet anchor (v. t.) Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge.
Protection :: Protection (n.) That which protects or preserves from injury; a defense; a shield; a refuge.
Parsee :: Parsee (n.) One of the adherents of the Zoroastrian or ancient Persian religion, descended from Persian refugees settled in India; a fire worshiper; a Gheber..
Intern :: Intern (a.) To put for safe keeping in the interior of a place or country; to confine to one locality; as, to intern troops which have fled for refuge to a neutral country..
Sanctuary :: Sanctuary (n.) A sacred and inviolable asylum; a place of refuge and protection; shelter; refuge; protection.
Soil :: Soil (n.) A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer..
Harbor :: Harbor (n.) To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought)..
Hospice :: Hospice (n.) A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard..
Rock :: Rock (n.) That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.
Refuge :: Refuge (n.) Shelter or protection from danger or distress.
Beild :: Beild (n.) A place of shelter; protection; refuge.
Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
Refuge :: Refuge (v. t.) To shelter; to protect.
Refuge :: Refuge (n.) An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.
Refut :: Refut (n.) Refuge.
Burrow :: Burrow (v. i.) To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide..
Lazzaroni :: Lazzaroni (n. pl.) The homeless idlers of Naples who live by chance work or begging; -- so called from the Hospital of St. Lazarus, which serves as their refuge..
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