refuge

Plural: refuges

Noun

• a safe place
• something or someone turned to for assistance or security
  • "took refuge in lying"
• a shelter from danger or hardship
• act of turning to for assistance
• 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

Verb Forms: refuged, refuging, refuges

• To take or give shelter or protection.
• To return to a place of shelter.
• To shelter; to protect.

Examples

• He had to refuge in a safe strategy when his tiles were terrible.

Synonyms

asylum, recourse, resort, safety, sanctuary, bield, haven, refuge, shelter, zoar

Anagrams of refuge