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Word: Asylum
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (in the sense ‘place of refuge’, especially for criminals): via Latin from Greek asulon ‘refuge’, from asulos ‘inviolable’, from a- ‘without’ + sulon ‘right of seizure’. Current senses date from the 18th century
əˈsʌɪləm
the protection granted by a state to someone who has left their home country as a political refugee
Short Definition:protection granted to someone who has left their country as political refugee
Examples:- she applied for asylum and was granted refugee status
- his asylum application was refused
an institution for the care of people who are mentally ill
Short Definition:institution for care of people who are mentally ill
Examples:- he'd been committed to an asylum
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