refuge

Meanings

Noun

• 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.

Verb

• To return to a place of shelter.
• To shelter; to protect.

Related

Similar words

• haven
• sanctuary
• zoar

Origin

• From Middle English refuge, from Old French refuge, from Latin refugium, from re- + fugiō. refugium.