Word: Asylum
Part of Speech: Noun.
Definition: Traditionally “asylum” refers to any refuge.
Synonyms: Haven, sanctuary.
Antonyms: N/a.
Helpful hints to remember: “Insane” asylums were originally intended to be refuges for the mentally ill. Also consider “right of asylum”.
Sentences:
Although border security believed the man trying to enter the country illegally was a terrorist, he pleaded that he was actually just trying to seek asylum.
For the little birds, the thick, thorny bush served as an asylum from the hungry fox.
"Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty." -Samuel Adams
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