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Asylum

noun

/əˈsaɪləm/

Word Frequency: 3.9

Definitions

1.nounA place of safety.

2.nounThe protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place.

3.nounA place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.

Synonyms

sanctuary shelter refuge mental hospital insane asylum mental institution psychiatric hospital mental home sheltering sheltered resort nuthouse

Rhymes With

hilum phylum xylem beguile him dry limb exile him nearby limb reconcile him

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