transcription, транскрипция: [ əsaɪləm ]
( asylums)
1.
If a government gives a person from another country asylum , they allow them to stay, usually because they are unable to return home safely for political reasons.
He applied for asylum in 1987 after fleeing the police back home.
= sanctuary
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2.
An asylum is a psychiatric hospital. ( OLD-FASHIONED )
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