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n. An institution for the care of people, especially those with physical or mental impairments, who require organized supervision or assistance.

n. A place offering protection and safety; a shelter.

n. A place, such as a church, formerly constituting an inviolable refuge for criminals or debtors.

n. The protection afforded by a sanctuary. See Synonyms at shelter.

n. Protection and immunity from extradition granted by a government to a political refugee from another country.

n. A place of safety

n. The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place.

n. A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.

n. A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege.

n. Any place of retreat and security.

n. An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons

n. A sanctuary or place of refuge where criminals and debtors formerly sought shelter from justice, and from which they could not be taken without sacrilege.

n. Hence Inviolable shelter; protection from pursuit or arrest; security of the person: as, the right of asylum, that is, of furnishing such protection.

n. Any place of retreat and security.

n. Specifically An institution for receiving, maintaining, and, so far as possible, ameliorating the condition of persons suffering from bodily defects, mental maladies, or other misfortunes: as, an asylum for the blind, for the deaf and dumb, for the insane, etc.; a magdalen asylum.

n. a phrase used by Spinoza to denote the pronouncing of any matter to be a mystery in order to evade arguments against its reality.

n. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

n. a shelter from danger or hardship

"It stars a few recognisable names and is getting quite a bit of praise for the comical yet relevant look at the people behind the term asylum seekers."

refuge    refugee   

asylum seeker    mental asylum    orphan asylum    insane asylum   

shelter    sanctuary   

phylum   

refuge    hospital    haven    sanctuary    retreat    jail    monastery    abide    gaol    hermitage