Synonym: home, institution, madhouse, refuge, shelter. Similar words: easy, as yet, fantasy, take it easy, idiosyncrasy, glum, plump, lumpy. Meaning: [ə'saɪləm] 
n. 1. a shelter from danger or hardship 2. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person.
n. 1. a shelter from danger or hardship 2. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person. 
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1. Only genuine refugees can apply for asylum.
2. Refugees were seeking political asylum in Britain.
3. Fewer than 7% of asylum seekers are accepted as political refugees.
4. He was granted asylum.
5. She fled the country, and is now seeking asylum in Sweden.
6. The asylum seekers had to contend with continued bureaucratic obstruction.
7. No country would grant him political asylum .
8. France has agreed to grant him political asylum.
9. Several of the asylum seekers now face deportation.
10. France had agreed to his request for political asylum.
11. He has been granted asylum in France.
12. They campaigned on behalf of asylum seekers.
13. Over 400 people have been refused asylum.
14. He spent three years in an asylum.
15. The court committed her to a lunatic asylum.
16. Many asylum seekers appear to be economic migrants, convinced that the streets of Europe are paved with gold.
17. There was a nationwide debate on whether the asylum laws should be changed.
18. Having sought asylum in the West for many years, they were eventually granted it.
19. The number of people seeking asylum in the United Kingdom has risen sharply.
20. The majority of those who claim asylum are genuine refugees.
21. The Convention set down rules for deciding which country should deal with an asylum request.
22. Gein did not stand trial but lived out his days in a mental asylum.
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23. He later became insane and was confined to an asylum.
24. Miss Diana gave away all her castoffs to the little girls in the orphan asylum.
25. This great composer ended his days in a lunatic asylum.
26. It was rumoured that he had been interned in an asylum for a while.
27. Those fleeing from the war have the right to asylum.
28. Nine Albanians have crossed the border into Greece and asked for political asylum.
29. Spain has recalled its Ambassador after a row over refugees seeking asylum at the embassy.
30. The Home Office said at that time that it was minded to reject his application for political asylum.
More similar words: easy, as yet, fantasy, take it easy, idiosyncrasy, glum, plump, lumpy, clumsy, alumni, volume, column, aluminum, luminary, aluminium, columnist, curriculum, illuminate, antebellum, curriculum vitae.