asylum

CEFRC1

/əˈsaɪləm/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Protection given to people forced to leave their country.

  2. 02

    noun

    A hospital for people with serious mental illness, an old use.

Examples

  • Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.

  • The embassy denied political asylum to foreign refugees.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place (as, for example, for political refugees).

  2. A place of safety or refuge.

  3. A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.

More examples

In context

  • It was she who in the last few years had spread abroad the notion that Charles Nagle, in the public interest, should be asylumed.

  • We have..sheltered its paupers, asylumed its orphans, clothed its nakedness.

Synonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Deep check

The dissident journalist sought political blank at the foreign embassy after receiving credible threats to his life from the autocratic regime.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Latin asylum, from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).