refuge
/ˈɹɛfjuːd͡ʒ/ noun B2- 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.
Plural refuges
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A DOE hard pressed by hunters sought refuge in a cave belonging to a Lion.
Finally he took refuge in a somewhat acrid irony.
Marilla gave a gasp of helplessness and took refuge in silence.
One fact more than the rest brought his friend “Sinbad the Sailor” back to his recollection, and that was the mysterious sort of intimacy that seemed to exist between the brigands and the sailors; and Pastrini’s account of Vampa’s having found refuge on board the vessels of smugglers and fishermen, reminded Franz of the two Corsican bandits he had found supping so amicably with the crew of the little yacht, which had even deviated from its course and touched at Porto-Vecchio for the sole purpose of landing them.
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