asylum (n.)

  1. a shelter from danger or hardship

    [ Syn: refuge , sanctuary ]

  2. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

    [ Syn: mental hospital , psychiatric hospital , mental institution , institution , mental home , insane asylum ]

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