refuge

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. asylum, sanctuary; hideout, hideaway; safe harbor; any port in a storm; last resort; support, seclusion; anchor[age]; home, hospital; retreat, den, lair.

See safety.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A place of protection]

Syn. shelter, retreat, sanctuary, asylum, haven, safe haven, home, safe house, hiding place, ambush, cover, covert, coverture, sanctum, sanctum sanctorum, den, game preserve, nature preserve, bird sanctuary, harbor, harbor of refuge, anchorage, port, port in a storm, cloister, convent, monastery, ashram, hermitage, poorhouse, orphanage, safe place, fortress, stronghold, fallout shelter, storm cellar, hideaway*, hide-out*.

2. [A means of resort]

Syn. alternative, escape, resource, recourse, last resort, outlet, way out, retreat, exit, opening.

See Synonym Study at shelter .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

shelter, retreat, safe haven, hiding place, hideout, asylum, sanctuary, cover, security, protection.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun state of being protected or safeguarded, as from danger or hardship: asylum, harborage, sanctuary, shelter. See SAFETY. 2. Something that physically protects, especially from danger: asylum, cover, covert, harbor, haven, protection, retreat, sanctuary, shelter. See ATTACK, SAFETY. 3. That to which one turns for help when in desperation: recourse, resort, resource. See HELP.