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English

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular asylum

Plural asylums

asylum (plural asylums)

  1. A place of safety
  2. The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place.
  3. A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.

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Category: English nouns

 

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