Asylum and Custody

Asylum

Asylum noun - A place where insane people are cared for.
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Synonyms for Asylum

Custody and asylum are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Custody" instead a noun "Asylum".

Custody

Custody noun - Responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something.
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Synonyms for Custody

Asylum and custody are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Asylum" instead a noun "Custody".

Nearby Words: custodian, custodial

How words are described

juvenile juvenile asylum juvenile custody
full full asylum full custody
complete complete asylum complete custody
personal personal asylum personal custody
Other adjectives: temporary, military, Swiss.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Guardians of the Galaxy He's also an expert in escaping from custody; in the comics, he was created specifically to be a guard at a maximum security insane asylum and stop escapes.
  • Film / The Rage: Carrie 2 The Fundamentalist: Rachel's original mother is one of these, and she loses custody of her daughter and gets sent to an insane asylum in the first five minutes.
  • Video Game / Batman: Arkham Knight Bookends: Provided you destroy the Lazarus Machine, the first time we saw Ra's, he was a corpse in a morgue at Arkham Asylum; the last time we see Ra's, he's on his deathbed in police custody.
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