asylum
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(noun) a shelter from danger or hardship |
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Synonyms: refuge, sanctuary |
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Related Words: safehold, shelter |
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(noun) a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person |
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Synonyms: insane asylum, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital |
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Related Words: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, hospital, infirmary, loony bin, madhouse, nuthouse, sanatorium |
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