Haven and Intention

Haven

Haven noun - A part of a body of water protected and deep enough to be a place of safety for ships.

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Intention and haven are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intention" instead a noun "Haven".

Intention noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

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Haven and intention are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Haven" instead a noun "Intention".

true	true haven	true intention
real	real haven	real intention
little	little haven	little intention
peaceful	peaceful haven	peaceful intention
Other adjectives: criminal, supposed, secret, ultimate, possible, literal.

In Umineko: When They Cry, many of the witches may qualify for this, but Marriage Sorcierre was created with precisely the intention of being a haven for these.

Source: Mad Dreamer
Egypt has a similar loophole for buildings that haven't been finished, leading to many buildings with an unfinished top floor which appears in the original plans, but which the builders had no intention of ever finishing, and in many cases isn't even accessible from the floors below it.

Source: Dummied Out
So if you read the examples below from a movie you haven't seen (either you have no intention of seeing it, or maybe you should reconsider continuing past this part), and find yourself thinking "I didn't even know that was a spoiler", don't worry about it.

Source: Trailers Always Spoil

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