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    a·sy·lum
    [əˈsīləm]
    noun
    asylum (noun) · political asylum (noun) · political asylums (plural noun) · asylums (plural noun)
    1. the protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee:
      "she applied for asylum and was granted refugee status"
      • shelter or protection from danger:
        "we provide asylum for those too ill to care for themselves"
    2. dated
      an institution for the care of people with mental illness:
      "he'd been committed to an asylum"
    Origin
    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.
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