Definitions for refuge

refuge ref·uge

Spelling: [ref-yooj]
IPA: /ˈrɛf yudʒ/

Refuge is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in refuge (eefgru).

Definitions for refuge

noun

  1. shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.:
  2. a place of shelter, protection, or safety.
  3. anything to which one has recourse for aid, relief, or escape.

verb (used with object)

  1. Archaic. to afford refuge to.

verb (used without object)

  1. Archaic. to take refuge.

Origin of refuge

1350-1400; Middle English Middle French Latin refugium, equivalent to refug(ere) to turn and flee, run away (re- re- + fugere to flee; see fugi

Examples for refuge

There is a refuge for him, a defence, a safeguard which no material attack can break down.

I have said that the refuge in God is not a question of morals; but it is one of righteousness.

Public schools remain the refuge of those who have no other place to go.

He bought a garage and he offered a refuge or sorts to a faction of the Juárez cartel that threw in its lot with El Chapo.

The regions where it is strong have served as a refuge for al Qaeda, which is the main American target.

I have not meant to say that even with one's refuge in God there is nothing left to struggle with.

He would never have gone to his father's room for refuge from sleeplessness.

They carved a refuge out of the wilderness and then, in 200 years, built it into the most powerful nation on earth.

Casa Bruja is a diamond in the rough, a refuge among all this bedlam.

She knew at once that she must betake her to the Truth for refuge.

Word Value for refuge
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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