Asylum
21asylum — noun 1) he appealed for political asylum Syn: refuge, sanctuary, shelter, safety, protection, security, immunity; a safe haven 2) he was confined to an asylum Syn: psychiatric hospital, mental hospital, mental insti …
22Asylum — As a signatory to the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951, Austria agreed to give refugees the same treatment as other foreigners resident in the country. In some respects, they could enjoy the privileges of Austrian citizens. They had legal… …
23asylum — A sanctuary; place where a person is immune from arrest; a state or country to which a person flees to escape arrest in another state or country. An institution for receiving, maintaining, and, as far as possible, ameliorating the condition of… …
24asylum — a|sy|lum [əˈsaıləm] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: Greek asylon, from asylos not able to be seized ] 1.) [U] protection given to someone by a government because they have escaped from fighting or political trouble in their own country apply …
25asylum — [[t]əsa͟ɪləm[/t]] asylums 1) N COUNT An asylum is a psychiatric hospital. [OLD FASHIONED] 2) N UNCOUNT If a government gives a person from another country asylum, they allow them to stay, usually because they are unable to return home safely for… …
26asylum — /asaylam/ A sanctuary, or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be taken without sacrilege. Shelter; refuge; protection from the hand of justice. The word includes not only place …
27asylum — /asaylam/ A sanctuary, or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be taken without sacrilege. Shelter; refuge; protection from the hand of justice. The word includes not only place …
28Asylum 45 — Infobox Album Name = Asylum 45 Type = Album Artist = Non Divine Released = February 2007 Recorded = at Hansenstudios Genre = Rock/ Metal Length = 39:33 Label = Rusty Cage Records Producer = Jacob Hansen Reviews = *Aardschok rating 10|8… …
29asylum — Synonyms and related words: VA hospital, almshouse, base hospital, bedlam, bird sanctuary, bolt hole, bughouse, cache, clinic, community hospital, concealment, convalescent home, convalescent hospital, corner, cover, covert, coverture, cranny,… …
30asylum — [15] Greek sulon meant ‘right of seizure’. With the addition of the negative prefix a ‘not’ this was turned into the adjective ásūlos ‘inviolable’, which in turn was nominalized as āsūlon ‘refuge’. When it first entered English, via Latin asylum …
