Refuge

Refuge is a place or state of safety. It may also refer to a more specific meaning:

Safety[edit]

Area of refuge, a location in a building that may be used by occupants in the event of a fire
Bunker, a defensive fortification designed to protect people from bombs or other attacks
Mountain hut, a shelter for travelers in mountainous areas, often remote
Women's refuge, another term for women's shelter
Refuge (United Kingdom charity), a British charity for female victims of domestic violence
A place intended to shelter cultural property, in the context of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
Right of asylum, protection of a person persecuted for political or religious beliefs by another sovereign authority
Refuge (bridges), a recess or bay in the parapet providing safety to pedestrians.

Wildlife refuge, a sanctuary or protected area for wildlife
Refuge (ecology), a place where an organism can escape from predation
Refugium (population biology), a location of an isolated or relict population of a previously more widespread species
Refuge crop, a non-genetically modified food crop planted alongside a genetically modified one to prevent or slow the development of predators resistant to its modified properties by purposely encouraging the mating of species across said crops

Refuge (1923 film), an American silent drama film
Refuge (1928 film) or Escape, a German silent film
The Refuge (film), a 2009 French drama directed by François Ozon
Refuge (2012 film), an American drama directed by Jessica Goldberg
Refuge: Stories of the Selfhelp Home, a 2012 American documentary by Ethan Bensinger
"Refuge" (Law & Order), a television episode
"The Refuge" (The Outer Limits), a television episode

The Refuge (novel), a 1954 novel by Kenneth Mackenzie
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place, a 1991 book by Terry Tempest Williams
Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Refuge, a 1988 novel by Rob Chilson

Refuge, Mississippi
Refuge, Texas, an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas
Eustache de Refuge (1564–1617), Early Modern French courtier, statesman and author
A controversial evangelical Christian, "ex-gay" conversion therapy program for homosexual teenagers run by Love In Action
Refuge (Buddhism), the basis of being a Buddhist