Dictionary definition for: Refuge
1. (n) a safe place; "He ran to safety"
2. (n) something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police" "took refuge in lying"
3. (n) a shelter from danger or hardship
4. (n) act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts" "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"
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