refuge   (Sound)

The noun refuge has 4 senses

• safety, refuge -- (a safe place; "He ran to safety")


• recourse, refuge, resort -- (something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying")


• refuge, sanctuary, asylum -- (a shelter from danger or hardship)


• recourse, resort, refuge -- (act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort")