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- DictionaryA·sy·lum/əˈsīləm/
noun
- 1. the protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee: "she applied for asylum and was granted refugee status"
- 2. an institution offering shelter and support to people who are mentally ill: dated "he'd been committed to an asylum"
protection or safety, especially that given by a government to people who have been forced to leave their own countries for their safety or because of war: to seek / apply for political asylum. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Protection and protectors. adopt.
Asylum, in international law, the protection granted by a state to a foreign citizen against his own state. The person for whom asylum is established has no legal right to demand it, and the sheltering state has no obligation to grant it. The right of asylum falls into three basic categories:
Definitions of asylum. noun. a shelter from danger or hardship. synonyms: refuge, sanctuary. see more. noun. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced people. synonyms: insane asylum, institution, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital. see more.
ASYLUM meaning: 1 : protection given by a government to someone who has left another country in order to escape being harmed; 2 : a hospital where people who are mentally ill are cared for especially for long periods of time a mental hospital.
asylum. noun. /əˈsaɪləm/. /əˈsaɪləm/. . (also formal political asylum) [uncountable] protection that a government gives to people who have left their own country, usually because they were in danger for political reasons. to seek/apply for/be granted asylum.
1. a safe or inviolable place of refuge, esp as formerly offered by the Christian Church to criminals, outlaws, etc; sanctuary (often in the phrase give asylum to) 2. shelter; refuge. 3. (Law) international law refuge afforded to a person whose extradition is sought by a foreign government: political asylum. 4.
Asylum is a form of protection which allows an individual to remain in the United States instead of being removed (deported) to a country where he or she fears persecution or harm. Under U.S. law, people who flee their countries because they fear persecution can apply for asylum.
