asylum
Meaning
- A place of safety or refuge.
- The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place (as, for example, for political refugees).
- A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
Synonyms
place of refuge
mental home
sacred place
Bedlam
bed-chamber
inviolable place of refuge
place to escape to
safehold
hide-away
madhouse
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈsaɪləm/
Etymology
From Latin asylum, from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).
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