Definition of refuge

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

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Refuge :: Refuge (n.) That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy..
Rock :: Rock (n.) That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.
Sheet Anchor :: Sheet anchor (v. t.) Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge.
Refugee :: Refugee (n.) One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety..
Protection :: Protection (n.) That which protects or preserves from injury; a defense; a shield; a refuge.
Asylum :: Asylum (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..
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..
Refuge :: Refuge (n.) Shelter or protection from danger or distress.
Sanctuary :: Sanctuary (n.) A sacred and inviolable asylum; a place of refuge and protection; shelter; refuge; protection.
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..
Burrow :: Burrow (v. i.) To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide..
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)..
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..
Refuge :: Refuge (v. t.) To shelter; to protect.
Harbor :: Harbor (n.) A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.
Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
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..
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..
Beild :: Beild (n.) A place of shelter; protection; refuge.
Refut :: Refut (n.) Refuge.
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