Refuge
['refjuːdʒ] or ['rɛfjʊdʒ]
Definition
(n.) Shelter or protection from danger or distress.
(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.
(n.) An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.
(v. t.) To shelter; to protect.
Typist: Rebecca
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Shelter, safety, security, protection.[2]. Asylum, retreat, sanctuary, harbor, place of safety, place of refuge.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Protection, shelter, harbor, asylum, retreat, covert, hospitality, sanctuary,hiding-place
ANT:exposure, inhospitableness, peril, pitfall, snare, Scylla, Charybdis
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Definition
n. that which affords shelter or protection: an asylum or retreat: a resource or expedient.—v.t. to find shelter for.—v.i. to take shelter.—ns. Refugēē′ one who flees for refuge to another country esp. from religious persecution or political commotion; Refugēē′ism.—City of refuge (see City); House of refuge an institution for the shelter of the destitute.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. Anything assuring protection to one in peril. Moses and Joshua provided six cities of refuge—Bezer Golan Ramoth Kadesh Schekem and Hebron—to which one who had taken life inadvertently could flee when hunted by relatives of the deceased. This admirable expedient supplied him with wholesome exercise and enabled them to enjoy the pleasures of the chase; whereby the soul of the dead man was appropriately honored by observances akin to the funeral games of early Greece.
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Examples
- Mr. Franklin's letter I sent to him in the library--into which refuge his driftings had now taken him for the second time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He puts his trust in a snow-cloud; the wilderness, the wind, and the hail-storm are his refuge; his allies are the elements--air, fire, water. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Her idea was my refuge in disappointment and distress, and made some amends to me, even for the loss of my friend. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The box into which the harlequin takes refuge, and which appears to be empty when Pierrot or Cassandra lifts the curtain that shields its entrance, is also a sort of magic cabinet. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Other vengeance than mine had followed that fated man from the theatre to his own door--from his own door to his refuge in Paris. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The tender compassion of Jesus is recalled and relied on; the faded eye, gazing beyond time, sees a home, a friend, a refuge in eternity. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They come to seek a refuge among you; they come to seek education, knowledge, Christianity. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Some were driven to take refuge in Christian Abyssinia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She absconded a debtor, darted to her father, and took refuge on his knee. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I took refuge once more in the explanatory phrases with which I had prepared myself to meet the curiosity of strangers. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The Governor and Lieutenant-Governor of Missouri, in 1861, Jackson and Reynolds, were both supporters of the rebellion and took refuge with the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was in vain to take refuge in gruffness of speech. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I ran back up the stairs to take refuge in my own room. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- At these moments I took refuge in the most perfect solitude. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- They take refuge in an inner play of sentiment and fancies. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He had at least five small refuges in different parts of London, in which he was able to change his personality. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- See into what wonderful maudlin refuges, featherless ostriches plunge their heads! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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