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1. (n.) asylum
(esp. formerly) an institution for the maintenance and care of the mentally ill, orphans, or other persons requiring specialized assistance.
2. asylum
an inviolable refuge, as formerly for criminals and debtors; sanctuary.
3. asylum
protection or shelter granted by a country or embassy to refugees from another country, esp. refugees escaping arrest or prosecution:
political asylum.
4. asylum
any secure retreat.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME; < L < Gk ás&ymacr;lon sanctuary =a-a -6+sŷlon right of seizure)
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| Definition of 'asylum' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) refuge, sanctuary, asylum
a shelter from danger or hardship
2. (noun) mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylum
a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
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1. (noun) asylum
protection offered to sb from another country
political asylum; advice for those seeking asylum in the U.S.
2. asylum
an asylum seeker
sb who wants asylum
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| Definition of 'asylum' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) asylum
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
2. (noun) asylum
any place of retreat and security
3. (noun) asylum
an institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum
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Sense: safety; protection
He was granted political asylum.
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 Afrikaans: asiel |
 Arabic: مَلْجَأ |
 Bulgarian: убежище |
 Brazilian: asilo |
 Czech: azyl |
 German: das Asyl |
 Danish: fristed; asyl |
 Greek: άσυλο |
 Spanish: asilo |
 Estonian: varjupaik |
 Farsi: پناه؛ ایمنی |
 Finnish: turvapaikka |
 French: asile |
 Hebrew: מִקלַט מדִינִי |
 Hindi: शरण |
 Croatian: azil |
 Hungarian: menedék(jog) |
 Indonesian: suaka |
 Icelandic: hæli |
 Italian: asilo |
 Japanese: 亡命 |
 Korean: 보호 |
 Lithuanian: prieglobstis |
 Latvian: patvērums |
 Malay: perlindungan |
 Dutch: asiel |
 Norwegian: asyl, fristed |
 Polish: azyl |
 Persian: پناه؛ ایمنی |
 Pashto: ساتنه |
 Portuguese: asilo |
 Romanian: azil |
 Russian: убежище |
 Slovak: azyl |
 Slovenian: azil |
 Serbian: azil |
 Swedish: asyl, fristad |
 Thai: ที่ลี้ภัย |
 Turkish: sığınma |
 Taiwanese: 庇護 |
 Ukrainian: притулок |
 Urdu: پناہ |
 Vietnamese: sự an toàn |
 Chinese: 庇护，避难 |
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