word | asylum |
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definition | noun If a government gives a person from another country asylum, they allow them to stay, usually because they are unable to return home safely for political reasons . He applied for asylum in 1987 after fleeing the police back home. An asylum is a psychiatric hospital. |
inflections | asylums |
cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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