Refuge is a
place or state of safety. It may also refer to a more specific meaning:
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Area of refuge, a location in a building that
may be used by occupants in the event of a fire
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Mountain hut, a shelter for travelers in
mountainous areas, often remote
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Women's refuge, another term for women's shelter
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Refuge (United Kingdom charity), a British
charity for female victims of domestic violence
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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
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Wildlife refuge, a sanctuary or protected area
for wildlife
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Refuge (population biology), a location of an
isolated or relict population of a previously more widespread species
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A controversial evangelical Christian
"ex-gay" conversion therapy program for homosexual teenagers run by
Love In Action
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Refuge (Buddhism), the basis of being a Buddhist
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Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and
Place, a book by Terry Tempest Williams
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Refuge Records, a record label in the 1980s
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An 1999 episode of the TV series Law & Order
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Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Refuge, a 1988 novel
by Rob Chilson
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"The Refuge" (The Outer Limits), an
episode of the television series
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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
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The Refuge (film), a 2009 French drama directed
by François Ozon
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Right of asylum, protection of a person
persecuted for political or religious beliefs by another sovereign authority
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Refuge (ecology), a place where an organism can
escape from predation
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Refuge (EP), an EP by german heavy metal band
Rage
