refuge

n 1: a safe place; "He ran to safety" [syn: {safety}]

2: something or someone turned to for assistance or security:

"his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"

[syn: {recourse}, {resort}]

3: a shelter from danger or hardship [syn: {sanctuary}, {asylum}]

4: act of turning to for assistance: "have recourse to the

courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"

[syn: {recourse}, {resort}]