Refuge

Quick meaning: Refuge is a noun meaning A state of safety, protection or shelter.

Meaning

A state of safety, protection or shelter.

More Meanings

1. A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
2. Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
3. An expedient to secure protection or defence.
4. A refuge island.
5. (Buddhism) A kind of daily prayer or recitation.
6. (intransitive) To return to a place of shelter.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To shelter; to protect.

Example Sentences

Their latest refuge / Was to send him.

Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these / Find place or refuge.

Among these macaques, although activity cycles are quite variable from location to location, refuging is a common characteristic.

Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world.

Word Forms

• refuges
• refuging
• refuged

Synonyms for refuge

Depending on context, synonyms include haven, sanctuary, zoar, asylum, bield, shelter.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sanctuary, asylum, resort, recourse, safety, shelter.

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