See Also: Asylum(medicine)
asylum(dictionary)
ASYLUM(law)
asylum(encyclopedia)
asylum(dictionary)
Fremantle Asylum(health)
lunatic asylum(dictionary)
political asylum(dictionary)
ASYLUM SEEKER(law)
asylum seeker(dictionary)

asylum (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: Greek asylon, from asylos 'not able to be seized']
[U] protection given to someone by a government because they have escaped from fighting or political trouble in their own country
apply for/seek/be granted asylum
::He has been granted asylum in France.
-see also political asylum
[C] old use a mental hospital