Asylum and Sanctuary

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Asylum

Asylum noun - Something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger.
Usage example: the embassy serves as an asylum for that country's nationals in need of help
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Sanctuary is a synonym for asylum in refuge topic. In some cases you can use "Sanctuary" instead a noun "Asylum", when it comes to topics like protection, safety, attack, retreat. popular alternative

Sanctuary

Sanctuary noun - Something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger.
Usage example: the marshland has been set aside as a sanctuary for shorebirds along that section of the coast
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Synonyms for Sanctuary
Asylum is a synonym for sanctuary in protection topic. You can use "Asylum" instead a noun "Sanctuary", if it concerns topics such as refuge, safety, attack, retreat. popular alternative
Nearby Word: sanctum

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actual actual asylum actual sanctuary
entire entire asylum entire sanctuary
massive massive asylum massive sanctuary
little little asylum little sanctuary
Other adjectives: remote, private, mental, political, former, temporary, crumbling, mysterious, unknown, titular, local, eponymous.

Both words in one sentence

  • Webcomic / At Arm's Length Seeking Sanctuary: Selinda's Haven is a shelter on Earth for all (reasonably decent) beings, including magical or alien beings seeking asylum from evil regimes or BloodKnights that are seeking them, and mortal victims of magic, usually of the Baleful Polymorph variety.
    Source: Webcomic / At Arm's Length
  • Seeking Sanctuary: As usual in the Hunchback adaptations, people can claim sanctuary to ask for asylum.
    Source: Western Animation / The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Burbank Animation)
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Sanctuary and Asylum. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 20, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/asylum/sanctuary
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