refuge Definition

refuge
noun

1. Shelter or protection from danger or trouble.
2. Any place, person or thing offering such shelter.

Thesaurus: asylum, haven, retreat, sanctuary, shelter, harbour, stronghold, fortress, hideaway.
3. An establishment offering emergency accommodation, protection, support, etc, eg for battered women.
4. A street island for pedestrians.

Idiom: seek refuge in something (find refuge in something, take refuge in something)

To seek or get consolation, comfort, escape, etc in something.

Etymology: 14c: French, from Latin refugium, from fugere to flee.