refuge.
A state of safety, protection or shelter.
Meaning & usage
A state of safety, protection or shelter.
A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
An expedient to secure protection or defence.
A refuge island.
A kind of daily prayer or recitation.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English refuge, from Old French refuge, from Latin refugium, from re- + fugiō (“flee”). Doublet of refugium.
To return to a place of shelter.
To shelter; to protect.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English refuge, from Old French refuge, from Latin refugium, from re- + fugiō (“flee”). Doublet of refugium.
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