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Asylum
əˈsʌɪləm
Asylum definitions
noun
asylum
asylums
- the protection granted by a state to someone who has left their home country as a political refugee
"she applied for asylum and was granted refugee status"
- shelter or protection from danger
"we provide asylum for those too ill to care for themselves"
- an institution for the care of people with mental illness
"he'd been committed to an asylum"