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asylum, n.
(asylums)
more info a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
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asylum insane asylum institution mental home mental hospital mental institution psychiatric hospital
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derivationally related form
institutional institutionalize institutionalise
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funny house, nuthouse, Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, sanatorium, snake pit
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hospital, infirmary
more info a shelter from danger or hardship
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asylum refuge sanctuary
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harbor, harbour safehold safe house
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shelter