refuge

Use Refuge in a sentence

noun

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

a place of shelter, protection, or safety.

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

verb (used with object)

Archaic. to afford refuge to.

verb (used without object)

Archaic. to take refuge.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin refugium, equivalent 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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refuge (ˈrɛfjuːdʒ)

—n
1.	shelter or protection, as from the weather or danger
2.	any place, person, action, or thing that offers or appears to offer protection, help, or relief: accused of incompetence, he took refuge in lying
3.	another name for traffic island

—vb
4.	archaic to take refuge or give refuge to

[C14: via Old French from Latin refugium, from refugere to flee away, from re- + fugere to escape]

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Word Origin & History

refuge

late 14c., 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."

Example sentences

For some it's a refuge, for some a shady place to fall down.

Science was his refuge, a place of order and stability that could not fail him.

Many people couldn't get home and sought refuge in friends' homes, in office

buildings.

He showed in what it consists and where refuge and consolation could be

obtained under a sense of divine displeasure.

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Matching Quote

"Thoughts tending to content flatter themselves
That they are not the first of fortune's slaves,
Nor shall not be the last, like silly beggars
Who, sitting in the stocks, refuge their shame
That many have and others must sit there,
And in this thought they find a kind of ease."

-Shakespeare

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