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–noun

1.	shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.: to take refuge from a storm.

2.	a place of shelter, protection, or safety.

3.	anything to which one has recourse for aid, relief, or escape.

–verb (used with object)

4.	Archaic. to afford refuge to.

–verb (used without object)

5.	Archaic. to take refuge.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < MF < L refugium, equiv. to refug(ere) to turn and flee, run away (re- re- + fugere to flee; see fugitive) + -ium -ium

]

—Synonyms 1. security, safety. 2. asylum, retreat, sanctuary, haven, stronghold.

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ref·uge Audio Help (rěf'yōōj) Pronunciation Key
n.

Protection or shelter, as from danger or hardship.
A place providing protection or shelter.
A source of help, relief, or comfort in times of trouble. See Synonyms at shelter.

v.   ref·uged, ref·ug·ing, ref·ug·es Archaic

v.   tr.
To give refuge to.

v.   intr.
To take refuge.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin refugium, from refugere, to run away : re-, re- + fugere, to flee.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
refuge

c.1386, from O.Fr. refuge, from L. refugium "a taking refuge, place to flee back to," from re- "back" + fugere "to flee" (see fugitive) + -ium "place for."

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refuge
noun
1.	a safe place; "He ran to safety" [syn: safety]
2.	something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying" [syn: recourse]
3.	a shelter from danger or hardship
4.	act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort" [syn: recourse]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
refuge [ˈrefjuːdʒ] noun

(a place which gives) shelter or protection from danger, trouble etc
Example: The escaped prisoner sought refuge in the church.

Arabic:	مَلْجأ
Chinese (Simplified):	避难（所）
Chinese (Traditional):	避難(所)
Czech:	úkryt, útočiště
Danish:	tilflugt
Dutch:	schuilplaats
Estonian:	varjupaik
Finnish:	suoja
French:	refuge
German:	die Zuflucht
Greek:	καταφύγιο, άσυλο
Hungarian:	menedék
Icelandic:	skÿli, athvarf
Indonesian:	perlindungan
Italian:	rifugio

Japanese:	避難
Korean:	피난처, 은신처
Latvian:	glābiņš; patvērums
Lithuanian:	prieglobstis, prieglauda
Norwegian:	ly, tilflukt; asyl
Polish:	schronienie
Portuguese (Brazil):	refúgio
Portuguese (Portugal):	refúgio
Romanian:	refugiu; adăpost
Russian:	убежище
Slovak:	úkryt, útočisko
Slovenian:	zatočišče
Spanish:	refugio
Swedish:	skydd, fristad
Turkish:	sığınak, barınak

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Refuge

Ref"uge\ (r?f"?j), n. [F. r['e]fuge, L. refugium, fr. refugere to flee back; pref. re- + figere. SEe Fugitive.]

1. Shelter or protection from danger or distress.

Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these Find place or refuge. --Milton.

We might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us. --Heb. vi. 18.

2. That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy.

The high hills are a refuger the wild goats. --Ps. civ. 18.

The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed. --Ps. ix. 9.

3. An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.

Their latest refuge Was to send him. --Shak.

Light must be supplied, among gracefulrefuges, by terracing ??? story in danger of darkness. --Sir H. Wotton.

Cities of refuge (Jewish Antiq.), certain cities appointed as places of safe refuge for persons who had committed homicide without design. Of these there were three on each side of Jordan. --Josh. xx.

House of refuge, a charitable institution for giving shelter and protection to the homeless, destitute, or tempted.

Syn: Shelter; asylum; retreat; covert.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Refuge

Ref"uge\ (r?f"?j), v. t. To shelter; to protect. [Obs.]

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