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Definition of asylum:
- A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege.
- An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum.
- Any place of retreat and security.
Synonyms:
origination, mental hospital, initiation, covert, instauration, insane asylum, creation, psychiatric hospital, founding, study atshelter, bema, safety, establishment, foundation, retreat, hospice, recourse, harborage, mental home, sanctuary, resort, home, institution, chancel, introduction, innovation, hospital, protection, refuge, mental institution, attack.
- preservation (part of speech: noun)
- refuge (part of speech: noun)
Usage examples:
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Then he went on hurriedly: " She is in an asylum for the insane.
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Hundreds of women anxious for children have gone to the asylum, have passed by the two little skinny babies, and have asked to be informed as soon as fat babies should be on hand.
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Among the steamer's passengers was a crazy Englishman who was being taken, under the charge of a keeper, to an insane asylum.