refuge

2 definitions • 5 examples

(a place that gives) protection or shelter from danger, trouble, unhappiness, etc.:

These people are seeking/taking refuge from persecution.

The climbers slept in a mountain refuge.

She had fled from her violent husband to a women's refuge.

protection or shelter from danger, trouble, etc., or a place that provides this:

[ U ] Residents took refuge in their basements during the tornado.

[ C ] The bay is also a wildlife refuge for large numbers of birds.