asylum

Meaning

Noun

  • A place of safety or refuge.
  • The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place.
  • A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.

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Origin

  • From Latin asylum, from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον.

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