Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word A location or situation that offers safety and shelter from danger or trouble.
Refuge
/ˈrefjuːdʒ/Synonyms:
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Examples:
A man took refuge in my rooms.
The members of the neighborhood association must have taken refuge somewhere.
August 9More survivors arrived seeking refuge today.
Etymology:
From Middle English refuge, borrowed from Old French, from Latin refugium, which means a place to flee back to, derived from re-, meaning back, and fugere, meaning to flee.
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