Definition of "refuge" []

• Protection or shelter, as from danger or hardship. (noun)
• A place providing protection or shelter. (noun)
• A source of help, relief, or comfort in times of trouble. See Synonyms at shelter. (noun)
• To give refuge to. (verb-transitive)
• To take refuge. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "This refuge is also a permanent home to many other species of fowl as well as feeding grounds for migratory birds."
• "Taking refuge is not a passive act of placing ourselves in the hands of a higher power that will do everything for us, as the English word "refuge" might imply."
• "The 89-year-old justice was quietly working on his caseload at his Ft. Lauderdale, Florida condo, a second home that serves as his occasional refuge from the high-pressure atmosphere of the U.S."