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Definition of Refuge
Refuge

Shelter or protection from danger or distress.

That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy.

An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.

To shelter; to protect.

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Refuge Quotations

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
Maya Angelou

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
Aristotle

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
Oscar Wilde

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Samuel Johnson

If we tire of the saints, Shakspeare is our city of refuge.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Refuge Translations

refuge in Dutch is toevlucht
refuge in Latin is refugium
refuge in Spanish is refugio
refuge in Swedish is fristad, tillflykt


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