Antonyms for asylum
əˈsaɪ ləmasy·lum

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1. asylumnoun

   Synonyms:
   shelter, sanctuary

2. asylumnoun

   A place of safety

   Synonyms:
   shelter, sanctuary

3. asylumnoun

   The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place.

   Synonyms:
   sanctuary, shelter

4. asylumnoun

   A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.

   Synonyms:
   shelter, sanctuary

Matched Categories

1. • Hospital
   • Shelter

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. refuge, sanctuary, asylumnoun

   a shelter from danger or hardship

   Synonyms:
   insane asylum, chancel, sanctuary, resort, mental institution, mental hospital, bema, institution, recourse, refuge, psychiatric hospital, mental home, safety

2. mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, insane asylum, asylumnoun

   a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

   Synonyms:
   foundation, mental home, instauration, creation, psychiatric hospital, sanctuary, mental hospital, refuge, insane asylum, mental institution, institution, founding, innovation, initiation, origination, introduction, establishment

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1. asylumnoun

   Synonyms:
   retreat, sanctuary

How to use asylum in a sentence?

1. Evo Morales:

   Sisters and brothers, I leave for Mexico, grateful for the detachment of the government of that brother town that gave us asylum to take care of our lives, it hurts to leave the country for political reasons, but I will always be alert.

2. Merrick Garland:

   In some circumstances, a respondent’s mental health condition may indicate that the respondent does not pose a danger to the community, of course, an individual may pose a danger to the community notwithstanding a mental health condition, and in those cases, the ‘ particularly serious crime ’ bar to asylum and withholding of removal may apply.

3. Holger Muench:

   The security situation is getting worse with the growing numbers of refugees, conflicts among asylum-seekers are increasing, the mood among the right is being stirred. This dynamic worries me.

4. Alexander Rapaport:

   Dozens of volunteers... show up early in the morning and try to give those asylum seekers their humanity back.

5. Jordan Abudayyeh:

   The state is working with our partners at the City of Chicago and Cook County along with advocacy organizations to welcome those seeking asylum in the United States and provide them stability as they work to build a new life in Illinois. The state has a prior relationship with the hotel being used in the suburbs and their staff has done amazing work welcoming refugees and asylum seekers before, so it is interesting that local officials are choosing this specific instance to gripe to the press about this specific group of asylum seekers that consists of about 30 families. Gov. Pritzker has made it clear that Illinois is [a] welcoming state and xenophobia has no home here.

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