REFUGE

n. shelter, protection; safe place, secure location; recourse, access to protection; traffic island on a busy road where pedestrians can wait safely before crossing the road

v. take shelter, find protection; provide shelter, provide protection

Refuge has a number of meanings:In a building, an Area of refuge is a location that may be used by occupants in the event of a fire, if evacuation is not possible, either because no escape routes are available or the occupants are not mobile enough.in the context of Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, a refuge is a place intended to shelter movable cultural property in the event of armed conflict. Typically, places used as refuges for cultural property are constructed underground, and many such places are built into former mining facilities which are no longer in use for industrial purposes.Wildlife refugeA Christian programme for homosexual teenagers run by Love In ActionRefuge (Buddhism), the basis of being a Buddhist.A book by Terry Tempest Williams, also known as Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place.Refuge Records, a record label in the 1980s. A 2 part 1999 ep of Law & OrderA film written and directed in 2002 by Narain Jashanmal.
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Noun
1. a safe place; "He ran to safety"
(synonym) safety
(hypernym) area, country
(hyponym) harborage, harbourage
2. something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"
(synonym) recourse, resort
(hypernym) resource
(hyponym) shadow
3. a shelter from danger or hardship
(synonym) sanctuary, asylum
(hypernym) shelter
(hyponym) harbor, harbour
4. act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"
(synonym) recourse, resort
(hypernym) aid, assist, assistance, help

n. refuge, harbor, haven, asylum; harborage, shelter, retreat; hideaway, sanctum

v. escape again