Asylums

noun

/əˈsaɪləmz/

Word Frequency: 0.6

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.

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