noun shelter or protection from danger or distress.
2. refuge ·vt to shelter; to protect.
3. refuge ·noun an expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.
4. refuge ·noun that which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy.